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EchoA voice for everyone in Elton and Gratton

Summer 2015 www.eltonderbyshire.com Issue No. 42

Editorial Policy

We welcome your news, views andarticles of interest, provided they arenot anonymous, libellous oroffensive. Views expressed are notnecessarily those of the editorialteam. Items may be condensedwhere necessary.

News items, for sale/wanted advertsand announcements are free toParish residents. For businessadvertising rates please contactJohn Wellington 650857.

If you would like to join the editorialteam please contact one of us.

Diary DatesJune4 Parish Council meeting 7.30pm VH11 WI 7.30pm VH - DFWI - the Loan Collection16 ELHG 7.30pm VH

July2 Parish Council meeting 7.30pm VH9 WI - Well Street Open Gardens12 Church BBQ 3pm on the Church Croft15 Messy Church 3.30pm CH21 ELHG 7.30pm VH

August9 Songs of Praise 6pm CH13 WI - Summer Walk18 ELHG 7.30pm VH

September3 Parish Council meeting 7.30pm VH10 WI 7.30pm VH - Rainbows Childrens Hospice - Paula North15 ELHG 7.30pm VH24 Gardening Club 7.30pm VH

For all other church events see page 3

Weekly events

Tea/Coffee & Toast in Church - everyThursday 10.30am - 12..00pm

Fortnightly eventsGrey Bin & Food Caddy CollectionEvery other Wednesday - from 10th JuneBlue & Green Bin & Food Caddy CollectionEvery other Wednesday - from 3rd June

Monthly Mobile Library - see back page

Echo Editorial TeamJohn Moseley 650760John Wellington 650857Faith Johnson 650760Please send us your news, views,stories and diary events (forSeptember, October, November &December) no later than:-

Next Copy DateMonday - 3rd August 2015

to: John Wellington Stride Cottage, Main Street, Elton.

Preferably by email in MSWord to:[email protected]

THE ELTON WEBSITE

Our village website has now been up and running for severalyears and continues to receive a growing number of on-linehits from thousands of people each year.

This has to be a great opportunity for businesses of all kindsin the area to advertise their products or services.

It’s not just for businesses either. Local village organisationsare very welcome to display their programme of events whichmay encourage more people to join their membership. As anindividual you may also want to offer items for sale.

Currently the website is not being used to its full potential, sowhy not contact Colin Swindell at [email protected] and he willmake sure your information is included.

Think what a wider audience could do for you!!!

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Parish Councillors

John Moseley Chair 650760Colin Swindell Vice Chair 650672Cath Dawe 650649Jonathan Snodgrass 650489Nigel Mason 650440

All correspondence to the Clerk:Janice Jackson Tel: 6507278 Bradley CloseBirchoverDE4 2BG

Village News and Views

District CouncillorColin Swindell 01629 650672

County CouncillorSimon Spencer 01335 324324

Member of ParliamentPatrick McLoughlin,Derbys West Constituency Office 01332 558125

Councillors Corner

Continuing to work for Elton and Gratton

It is a pleasure and a privilege to have been reappointed as your representative on Derbyshire DalesDistrict Council for a further 4 years. Serving as your District Councillor for the past 6 years has beenrewarding and challenging and every day I have worked hard to repay the trust you put in me.

I have always done my best to address your concerns, whether it’s dealing with waste collectionservices, help with housing, street cleaning, filling potholes, fixing street lights, planning problemsor any other issue. And In the Council Chamber I have stood up for residents by fighting to maintainour services, making sure taxpayers get value for money and voting to freeze council tax each year.

This is what I want to continue doing for our community and I look forward to carrying on with thejob that I have started. I look forward to working with local residents who have given me greatsupport over the years to make our area a better place to live.

Elections explained

Many people have got in touch with me to ask why elections were not held to vote for your Parishor District Councillors. I thought I would use the Elton Echo to briefly explain why.

Many people got to the polling station and found they were only voting to elect their Member ofParliament. Ordinarily you would have been voting to elect your Parish Councillors and your DistrictCouncillor too, but those representatives were all ‘elected unopposed’ and no ballot was needed.

The Parish Council has 6 seats. If more than 6 people had put their names forward to sit on theParish Council, then an election would have taken place so that local residents could vote for thecandidates of their choice. This time round, only 4 people put their names forward. So, no electionwas needed and the 4 candidates were automatically appointed to serve on the Parish Council. Thefour people are John Moseley, Cath Dawe, Nigel Mason and myself.

As for the District Council, I was the only candidate to put my name forward for the seat and wasalso re-elected without a contest. At the time of submitting my nomination, I put myself forward asan Independent Candidate and will not represent any political party for the time being.

Finally, as the Parish Council has only 4 members, we are looking for 2 more candidates to serveon the Parish Council. If you want to know more about the role and what’s involved, please get intouch with me or any of the other Parish Councillors.

3 Village News and ViewsWho does it? Who helps with Tea and Toast, tidies away the books,helps to set up for a service, rings the bells, helps with Messy Church ,cleans the brasses, sweep the floors, arrange the flowers, clears andtidies the church yard, cuts the grass, sits on the PCC, helps to rebuilda new organ or just get stuck in where ever needed? These and somany other tasks keep our church welcoming and ready not just forour services but for visitors who all comment on how well kept ourlovely church building is and enables us to keep the church runningfrom year to year.

I would like to say a big thank you here to all those who help in so manyways to keep our church looking so wonderful and who have put in so

many long hours to keep it that way. Without you all we wouldn’t have a parish church here in Elton.

Church of course isn’t just about buildings- it’s about people, the people who follow the Lord Jesus Christ- who seek tofollow his ways, to do what he did and to reach out to people around in so many different ways. Here in Elton wecontinue to offer hospitality, to welcome the stranger and to feed the hungry through our contributions to the JigsawProject a Foodbank in Matlock. Contributions can be left in the church porch and are taken and given to those in need.

Another way in which we feed the hungry - well hungry children after great fun - is through Messy Church.

We meet once every half term and follow the Messy Church pattern with crafts in the school before we move intochurch for a time of worship which includes a Bible story, song and prayer. We then return to school where we all enjoya meal together. Numbers have fluctuated but are generally between 12 and 15 children with about 10 parents. I amgrateful for the help of Sue Todd from Wirksworth who along with David and Hannah Hunter from Elton, assist toorganise and lead the craft activities and Jean Carson from Elton who has taken responsibility for the food we eat.

Those who have come along from the village of Elton enjoy and are challenged by the Christian message of hope inJesus. Why not come and join us at the next one at 3.30pm on the 15th July. You don’t have to be a child to enjoy thetime together.

Revd. Janet Turville

All Saints Church

Team Rector: Canon David Truby 824707Church Warden: John Spreadborough 650829 Anne Wellington 650857

Monthly Services1st Sunday 9.30am Book of Common Prayer2nd Sunday 6.00pm Sanctuary3rd Sunday 9.30am Parish Eucharist4th Sunday 6.00pm Evensong5th Sunday Where this occurs, we will joinwith the Methodists. Please refer to churchnotice board for details.

CHURCH BBQ

On the Church Croft, Well Street

12th July 2015

From 3pm onwards

Everyone Welcome

SONGS OF PRAISE

9th August at 6pm

If you have a favourite hymn you would liketo sing, please write it on the list in church

and then come along on the evening.

We would be pleased to see you there.

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Elton Volunteering Group?

Over many months, residents of Elton have spoken with me about our village and what they wouldlike to see done, improved or changed over the coming years. One of the biggest things that peopletalk about is tidying-up our village and restoring a sense of pride in where we live.

Last year I was inspired by the volunteering group who spent a few days clearing the grounds ofElton churchyard and making the area far more attractive. They achieved a lot in a small numberof days – thanks to the hard work and determination of a dozen or so volunteers.

With District and County Council’s now providing fewer services to our village due to lack of funding,we need to start doing more for ourselves if we are to keep our village looking tidy and attractive.

So, my idea is to create a volunteering group similar to that put together by the church. The groupwould carry out works around the village to help keep it clean and tidy. This could include, painting,mowing, weeding, clearing debris, litter picks, sweeping, digging, fixing things etc.

But first of all, I want to know how much enthusiasm and interest there is in Elton for joininga volunteering group. If you are interested, then please get in touch with me using the detailsbelow. I would also be interested in knowing if you have a specific trade or skill that youcould bring to the group and also any ideas you have for what you would like to seeimproved in Elton.

Should there be a reasonable amount of interest, I will hold a small and informal meeting to discusswhat we do next. If there is little interest, then I’ll try again another time!

Thanks to Jonathan Snodgrass

On behalf of the Parish Council, we would like to say thank you to Jonathan Snodgrass who hasstood down from the Council this year. Jonathan has served on Elton Parish Council for a numberof years, mainly as the representative for Gratton, but chose not to stand for re-election this May.He has been a conscientious and meticulous Parish Councillor for both Elton and Gratton. As aGratton resident himself, he has played a great role in representing the residents of Gratton andbeing an advocate for his community. We are grateful for his hard work and input over the years.

Can I help you?

I am always here to help in any way I can. If you are in need of help, have an issue of concern orknow of a problem that needs fixing, please contact me. If I can’t help you, I will always try to pointyou in the right direction. My contact details are below.

Thank you

Colin SwindellDistrict CouncillorWinster and South Darley Ward

Address: Laburnum Cottage, Well Street, Elton, Matlock DE4 2BYTelephone: 07816 986 956Email: [email protected]


EltonWI...

The highlight of recent meetingswas the Spring Group Meetingwhen members from six localW.Is met in Darley Dale to hearDerbyshire auctioneer, CharlesHanson. He gave a mostentertaining talk on how hebecame an auctioneer andrecounted some of hisexperiences to a veryappreciative audience.

Ealier in April we had our annualvisit to Rowsley WI. One of ourmembers had to step in at thelast minute to give a talk on herhobby of making things fromrecycled clothes and other items.This proved to be a verypleasant relaxed evening with achance to meet up with oldfriends.

The March speaker was HowardGriffith employed by the LocalAuthority to encourage us all to"Walk for Health". He reinforcedwhat probably most of us knowthat regular walking is a verygood way of keeping in goodphysical shape and helps toprevent the onset of manyillnesses. Howard organisesregular walks in the Matlock /Bakewell / Ashbourne area inwhich anyone can take part andhe especially recommendedthose living on their own to goalong.

The May meeting is to bedifferent this year as instead ofa speaker we shall be visiting

Lea Gardens for Afternoon Teaand a walk around the garden.We hope for a fine evening

At the beginning of June ourPresident, Cath Dawe, will berepresenting Elton WI at theCentenary Annual Meeting to beheld at the Albert Hall in Londonto be attended by the Queen.On the previous day she will berepresenting us at a GardenParty at Buckingham Palace,both very important dates in theWI Calendar. We look forwardto hearing about herexperiences on her return

History on Cliff Lane

I just wanted to say how lovelythe information boards look onElton Moor and Cliff Lane. Iknow they’ve been up a whilenow but obviously a lot of workwent into them – well done EltonHistory Group! I’ve seen a lot ofwalkers stop and read them.

The service is located at:The School House, Elton Primary School,

Main Street, Elton

Opening timesEvery Thursday between 1:45pm and 3:45pm

Services include:Postal services, stamps, pensions, benefits, council tax & bill payments,

Plus car tax & cash withdrawals

(Some services may be subject to change)

Outreach Service, Elton

Recently, I walked down tothe troughs on Cliff Lane withmy mother and she remindedme that her parents used totravel there by motorbike allthe way from Sutton-in-Ashfield in the mid 1920’s, togo blackberry picking. Lateron, with two young childrenin tow they would get 3buses to do the same trip orto have a day’s walk downBradford Dale in Youlgreave.

As I enjoyed doing the samemyself, both as a child onfamily walks and now withmy own two young children,I like to remind them that wedo have a family history thatgoes back a hundred years ofappreciating this area as abeautiful part of the world.

Frances Burton


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On Saturday, 20 June, 7.30pm at Lady Manners School, Bakewell, the BakewellChoral Society will be joined by the Bakewell Silver Band for what promises to bean enjoyable evening of light music combined with the opportunity to drink wineand eat strawberries - what could be better for a summer evening in Bakewell!

The Choral Society will sing a selection of Spirituals including favourites such as and . They will also be singing

a range of "Encores" - popular songs of bygone days set to modern arrangementswhich are sure to get your toes tapping.

Bakewell Silver Band will play music from their extensive repertoire from theClassics through to modern pieces like the James Bond theme, .

Tickets £12 Bakewell Book-shop, choir members and on the door, by post from Elizabeth Butcher, TheGabled House, South Church Street, Bakewell, DE45 1FD, 01629 810205

*FREE TRANSPORT to our concert - for details contact 01629 810205 by 8 June*(Subject to numbers)

For further information check the website: www.bakewellchoral.org


PEAK PRE-SCHOOL(formally Winster Pre-school)

Welcomes children from age 2yrs to school age to a warm and friendly environment.Monday to Thursday term time only.

We are OFSTED approved and a member of the Early Years Partnership.Government Funded places available for 3 and 4 year olds

We are registered for 10 places.However, for 2015 spaces are already limited due to high demand.

In order to secure a place for your child for 2015 please contactCathy Banks on 07799084244 to register.

Registered Charity No. 1035604

Bees in Elton

After a few years of keeping bees, I really had hoped to be able to say that Elton honey was forsale. However, I’ve realised that bees have their own ideas; that hives need quite a lot of attentionat the very time I’m just too busy to give it; and that planning and preparation is, as with mostthings, the key to success. I’m sure our comparatively short summer season doesn’t help but I can’tblame my lack of honey just on that.

This year though, I’m hoping things will be different. I opened up the hive a few weeks ago as soonas it was warm enough and all the signs are there for a good year ahead. There are plenty of bees,a few thousand anyway - a number which can grow to at least 60,000 at the height of the season.There is also plenty of pollen (which bees collect to feed their young), plenty of brood and lots ofeggs. When these eggs are just a day or 2 old they are barely visible, looking like a tiny whitecomma in the bottom of the wax cell. The grubs are much easier to see and once their cells are“capped” with wax, you know a bee will be eating its way out a couple of weeks later! There wasalso a fair amount of honey leftover from the winter, although I did have to feed them some fondant(solid sugar) when I thought their honey is running low.

So I’ve added a layer of empty frames on the top of the hive in which they can store extra honeyover the next couple of months. Hopefully I’ll be able to take this off and put it into jars. Meanwhileas the weather gets warmer and the colony starts to expand I’ll need to keep an eye out for signsof them swarming such as queen cells forming in the brood box. So if you come across a swarm inyour garden, do let me know, it might well be mine!

Frances BurtonTel: 650209

Clerk to Governors – Winster school

Are you an effective administrator? Winster CE Primary School is looking for anorganised, reliable, independent clerk, to provide administrative support to thegovernors of our friendly village school. This is a paid post, which will involve someevening working. For further details, contact Winster school on 01629 650238, orlook on jobs.derbyshire.gov.uk/ before 21 June.

9 Village News and ViewsAN ELTON SOLDIER’S STORY

It is now seventy-five years since thirty young men left the safe confines of this village to fightthe Second World War. Sadly two of them never returned home but those who did each had aunique and fascinating story to recount. This is just one of them.

With the exception of his time in the army, Clifford Stone lived all of his 86 years in this village.His parents were running the Duke of York when he was born there in 1919. Cliff was educatedentirely at Elton school. And shortly after he returned to the village at the end of the war, hemarried Rene - an Elton girl - in All Saints Church. Cliff never spoke a great deal about hiswartime experiences but, a few years before he died in 2005, he was finally persuaded tocommit his memories from that time to writing. What follows here is a brief summary of thatrecord.

We begin in the late summer of 1940, almost a year after the war began. Cliff – now 21 - wasnot a happy young man. At that time he was farming in the village with his elder brother Rex.More and more of his mates were being called up but Cliff’s farming status seemed to bekeeping him away from the action he was burning to be part of. He joined the Home Guardand spent many nights in the building (which is still there) at the top of Blakelow on the lookoutfor German paratroops who, deep down, he knew would never come. For a young man sodesperate to join up, this was a very poor substitute for the real thing. ‘There wasn’t many ofmy age left in the village and I felt quite out of it’, Cliff wrote in his journal.

In the autumn of 1940, Cliff received a letter to go before a tribunal in Nottingham to renew his‘reserved occupation’ farming status. He ‘accidentally on purpose’ forgot to go and his call uppapers (for the Royal Artillery) soon arrived. Cliff reported to Park Hall Camp near Oswestry on14 November 1940.

In the early part of his service Cliff served with an anti-aircraft battery in various locations withinthe UK including Glasgow, Belfast and the East End of London.

By late 1943 the war was entering its decisive stage. Preparations for the D Day landings inFrance were underway and, having done well in a series of intelligence tests, Cliff wastransferred to 63 Coy RASC (part of the 6th Airborne Division) to commence training on SalisburyPlain. A shilling a day pay rise softened the blow as Cliff developed accuracy skills in thedropping of ammunition and food by parachute from Dakota aircraft to the Paras on the ground.Meanwhile Cliff watched the Paras with huge admiration as they practised their parachute jumpstime and again. ‘They were well worth their two bob a day extra’ he observed.

Salisbury Plain was a hive of activity in the period leading up to D Day when Airborne troopsmade a successful parachute drop into France. Cliff was in action himself that night droppingsupplies to the waiting Paras below. All went well for him then but a few months later, inSeptember 1944, Cliff found himself caught up in the dramatic events at Arnhem in Holland –later to be dramatised in Richard Attenborough’s famous film ‘A Bridge Too Far.’ For a varietyof reasons things went very badly for the Airborne at Arnhem. The troops on the groundbecame so desperate for food and ammunition that Cliff and his colleagues were required toattempt to drop supplies to them at very low levels in broad daylight. Not surprisingly, theBritish planes suffered massive losses and Cliff was very fortunate to survive the experience.Many of his friends were not so lucky. ‘Four fifths of the Div were either killed or captured. We


were given 14 days leave immediately we got back. I think it was to boost morale and show thatthere were still some Airborne left alive’, Cliff wrote.

As the war in Europe entered its final stages, Cliff (now driving an army lorry) was part of theforce which made its way through France, Belgium and Holland and on into Northern Germanywhere, on one occasion near a town called Xanten, they were attacked by newly developedGerman jets - something which they had neither seen nor heard of before. Cliff’s group had todive into a ditch by the side of the road to try and save themselves. This incident was foreveretched in Cliff’s memory as, in addition to seeing several of his mates wounded, his close friendCorporal ‘Taffy’ Jones was a split second too slow into the ditch and lost his life as a result.

Ultimately, Cliff was part of the allied force which met up with the Russians coming from theopposite direction at Wismar, a pretty German seaside town on the Baltic coast. A joint victoryparade was arranged as the troops entered the town.

Victory in Europe was now in the bag but the Japanese were still to be defeated and Cliff and hismates found themselves being kitted out for the Far East when news came through that theAmericans had dropped the atom bomb which forced the Japanese to surrender. This waswelcome news for British troops who, by this time, were tired of war and certainly did not relisha further campaign against a fanatical enemy. In hindsight, given the terrible suffering the atombomb caused in Japan, it may sound rather cruel but ‘What a relief!’ Cliff wrote in his journalreflecting frankly and honestly on a young man’s thoughts at the time.

Cliff was finally ‘demobbed’ at Manchester in February 1946. He finished his account with thefollowing words – ‘I caught the train to Matlock with the little box of clothes they’d given each ofus at the Demob Centre. Things hadn’t changed much in Elton. Food etc. was rationed buteverything else was about the same. It seemed a bit strange for a while but I soon settled backdown to life on the farm’.

I still have Cliff’s campaign medals. Undoubtedly taking pride of place is his ‘France & GermanyStar’ which was awarded to those who served in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany between6 June 1944 (D Day) and 8 May 1945 (VE Day). In common with the majority of his comrades,Cliff never made a big thing of his wartime experiences. Yet, by their mid-twenties, these menhad seen and done more than most of us would see and do in the course of many lifetimes.

Throughout the rest of his life Cliff’s medals tended to stay in their box but he was alwaysimmensely proud to wear his British Airborne tie with its Pegasus (the winged horse) motif. Heseemed to grow a couple of inches taller just by putting it on. Inevitably, as the years passed,fewer and fewer people would recognise its significance - but those who did knew that they owedan enormous debt to people like my Dad who played such a vital part is rescuing this country fromthe very brink of disaster.

JOHN STONE

11 Village News and ViewsWho Lies Here? 1. Large Mountney

Next time you walk through the churchyard look for this ornate headstone, on the east side of thechurch, in memory of Large Mountney who died at the age of 48 ..... I bet there was some unholylanguage in the stonemason's workshop when he'd reached the end of the fifth line! And was thatlower case letter deliberate or was the mason unsure whether he was inscribing the name or thesize of the deceased? It's certainly an unusual Christian name.

Some families call their first son by the maiden name of themother and I wondered whether this is how Large got hisname. To find out I consulted www.familysearch.org andfrom this website I discovered that Large was born in 1775in Snelston, near Ashbourne, son of Richard and SarahMountney. Richard's father was called Large, born 1696,and as it turns out, he was the first of that name. His father,another Richard, had married a lady called Bethia Large theyear before.

'Our' Large, grandson of the first, came to Elton in 1797 soon after he had married Sarah Stone inSnelston. They purchased a house, what is now the Old Smokehouse on Main Street (then calledTown Street), opposite the bottom of Stonefoot. Large was a butcher and it was probably he whoconstructed the fireplace with its recesses for smoking meat, for which the house is named. Largealso rented a barn and cowhouse in Well Street, on the site of what is now Old Stones, and also acowhouse near the church, where Sunnyside Cottages now stand. He no doubt used these buildingsto house animals that were awaiting the butcher's knife.

Sarah gave birth to seven children in their house on Town Street, including Richard, who laterfollowed his father's occupation and set up in business in Baul Cottage, opposite Homestead Farmon Main Street, and Large the younger, who is buried next to his father. In 1817 the family movedto Dale End, where Large farmed a substantial acreage rented from the lord of the manor. In 1822when the common was being divided up amongst Elton's freeholders Large bought four acres, builtwalls around the fields, cleared the heather and gorse and improved the soil.

After Large's death in 1823 it appears that his widow and children moved back into the centre ofElton. Sarah was owner and occupier of a house and garden in the yard of what is now NelsonHouse and of a small building next to her former home on Town Street.

Large would not have believed that his angry outburst in the summer of 1811 would be reported inthe village newsletter over 200 years later. It's only because of his unusual name that a Googlesearch was able to reveal a church court case for defamation brought against him by Jinney (Jane)and Elizabeth Cadman and Hannah Salt. Jinney and Elizabeth were in their early twenties,daughters of Thomas Cadman, publican at the Red Lion and Hannah was the wife of Abraham Salt,publican at the Nelson Arms. One can only assume that Large was a little the worse for drink whenhe called their reputation into question!

An extended version of this article is available by email from [email protected].


the Sanctuary @ Peak Serenity…(Peace at the Cliff)

Cliff Farm, Cliff Lane, between Elton and Alport. DE45 1LLA place of peace and tranquillity..

A place to rebuild your self-esteem and confidence.No friends, feel as if no-one understands, (or wants to).

Need something to do?Come to the Sanctuary @ Peak Serenity.

Feel the peace of this place.Have some food, a cup of tea, make some friends,

learn something good and new.Phone me Christine M. 07837 725337

email: [email protected]

Calling all holiday accommodationproviders

in Elton and Gratton

If you would like copies of the Elton VillageGuide leaflet and the Elton Village Trailbooklet for your clients please [email protected] or phone Lynn on650015.

Elections results for Derbyshire Dales

I have already written a small piece in my ‘Councillor’s Corner’ about the elections and the vote thattook place in Elton. But people also ask me about the results of the elections across the whole ofthe Derbyshire Dales, so I thought I would write a piece briefly laying out the results following theballot held on 7 May 2015…

The Conservatives retained control of the District Council with a convincing majority on the 39 seatauthority. At the end of counting, the Conservatives had claimed 29 seats - the same as 2011- Labour on 5, the Liberal Democrats 3, Independent 1 and Other (no party) 1.

Labour have the same number of seats as four years ago, the Liberal Democrats have dropped one,and there is one gain for 'Other' (Thomas Elliott, who has no party affiliation in Lathkill & Bradfordward).

The main changes across the Derbyshire Dales saw the Conservatives take all 3 seats in Darley Daleof which 2 had previously been held by Liberal Democrats, but the Conservative group suffered ablow in Matlock where Deputy Leader Councillor Geoff Stevens lost his seat. Twelve well-known andlong serving District Councillors did not seek re-election this time round. This means that the newCouncil has a lot of new faces and Councillors who will need to quickly learn the ropes.


FIREWOOD FOR SALESeasoned hardwood logs cut & split

Builders bulk bag (1m³) £55; £5 deposit on bagFree delivery in Elton and Gratton

Elsewhere £10 for one, £15 for 2 or 3 bags

Tel: Simon 650209 or 07889 107008Email: [email protected]

R. Stone - Joinery

The Derbyshire Federation for Mental Health a locally based Mental Health Charity

has secured funding from Lloyds Bank Foundation and Comic Relief to fund a

Telephone Support Service for individuals living with mild/moderate mental health

conditions.

The service began in April 2014 and provides the opportunity to access support via

a weekly phone call (for up to 12 weeks) from a trained mental health support

worker. This service offers support to individuals who due to the lower threshold

of their mental ill health are often unable to access statutory and other services.

During the telephone support individuals can for example be supported to address

their feelings of loneliness and social isolation. They are encouraged to talk over

their issues and anxieties and are supported to develop strategies and coping

mechanisms. In addition individuals may be signposted to other organisations and

agencies where appropriate.

Referrals can be made by health professionals or by self-referral. A referral form

and further information about all our services can be accessed on the website

www.federationmentalhealth.co.uk or by telephoning 01629 733915.

Nine of the 39 District Council seats were elected before a single vote had been cast. In each of thenine seats only one candidate had put their name forward, so no elections took place. Of the nine,eight are Conservatives and the other being Independent (your Councillor!).

In the Parliamentary Elections for the Derbyshire Dales, incumbent Member of Parliament PatrickMcLoughlin retained his seat with a healthy majority of 14,044 votes over the second place Labourcandidate, Andy Botham. UKIP secured third place, the Liberal Democrats fourth, the Greens in fifthplace and finally the Humanity Party came sixth with 149 votes. Turnout across the Derbyshire Daleswas 74.82% of those eligible to vote.

Full results of all the Parish, Town, District and Parliamentary elections across the Derbyshire Dalescan be found on www.derbyshiredales.gov.uk .


A SHORT HISTORY OF ELTON JUBILEE FIELD

On the 31st January 1977 a village meeting was held to invite ideas for a Queen’s Jubilee Project for the village. JessieBuxton’s idea to purchase the field used by the Elton Football Club, if and when it became available, was adopted. AJubilee Field Committee was formed comprising Jessie Buxton, Barbara Glossop, John Furness, Phil Wainwright, CliffStone, Jim Buckley, Lenice Brownlee and Mike Musgrave.

Three major decisions were made: a) to form a Trustee Committee under Charity Status to allow Grant Aid to beapplied for, b) to contact every house asking for donations and support. This successfully raised £435.00 by May andtotalled £600 by June 1977, c) Interest Free Loans to be invited. This resulted in £1,050 being raised from 20 donors(all repaid by October 1978).

Much work was undertaken by the committeeover the next few months. Many residents helpedraise money with events such as “It’s a Knock-out”,Tug of War, Pea and Pie Suppers, Jumble Sales,Coffee Mornings and a W.I. Spring Fayre. Theresult of all efforts meant that there was £2,853available to purchase the field, which was finallypurchased by the committee on behalf of thevillage at a cost of £2,700 at an auction which tookplace in Bakewell Town Hall in May 1977.

Over the summer of that year a lot of money was raised and by the end of 1977 a total of £3,295 had been raised. InNovember 1977 the committee finally handed over the running of the field and the remaining funds of £433 to the‘Management Trustees of Elton Jubilee Sports and Recreation Field’, a Registered Charity. With maintenance andrunning costs in mind a ‘100 Club’ was started in March 1978 (still going today) to provide a regular income. TheTrustees are still responsible for the running and maintenance of the Jubilee Field to this day.

The wooden pavilion we see today on the field was the Friden Works CricketPavilion, which had become redundant and was originally purchased and placed instorage in July 1976. After obtaining planning permission it was finally erected inSeptember 1979. Much work on the pavilion had to take place and it wasn’t untilApril 1983 that the first Trustee meeting was held in the building, some seven yearsafter its initial conception.

Editor’s Note: Many thanks go to Phil Wainwright for the details he published in the July 2001 Parish Magazine andto Rose Musgrave who recently handed me Mike’s notes made when he was a member of the original committee.

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Badminton Kate French 650273

Bell Ringers Alastair Scrivener 650791

Bus services Timetable 0870 6082608

Community transport 641920

County Council 08 456 058 058

Cricket Club Glynn Yates 650494

Crime Stoppers 0800 555 111

Darts Teams Paul Carson 650359

District Council 761100

Doctors (Winster) 650207 Emergencies

733205 or NHS Direct 0845 4647

Electrical emergencies 0800 0568090

Energy Efficiency Grants 761304

Fire advice 582849

Gardening Club John Wellington 650857

Gas leaks 0800 111999

History Group Lynn Burnet 650015

Hospital The Whitworth, Darley Dale (minor

injury only) 580211

Housing advice 761311

Jubilee Field Colin Swindell 650672

Mobility Scooter (Tissington Trail) for more

details contact 01335 343156 - seasonal only

Pre-school Contact Cathy Banks on

07799084244

Police For emergencies dial 999 otherwise

dial the NEW number 101 (It’s confidential)

Rail services Enquiries 0845 7484950

Refuse collection DDDC 761122

School 650282

School PTFA Amy Dabell 650948

Swimming pool Bakewell - 814205

Matlock - Arc Leisure - 581322

Taxi Service - Kate or Neil 07816 201746

Tourist information Bakewell - 813227

Matlock - 583388

Village Hall Bookings Sue Lightfoot 650641

Water emergencies 0800 7834444

Womens’ Institute Cath Dawe 650649

SHED FOR SALE(less than one year old)

Price £180 o.n.o.

The shed is a pent design andis manufactured fromtanalised softwood, paintedwith 2 coats of Cuprinol shedpaint, colour ‘Seagrass’. Sizeis approx. 6ft x 4ft (1.79m x1.19m x 1.96m high.Please contact Mandy on Tel.07964801271

For Sale - Dovetail Jig byScrewfix - Brand new in itsbox never used -£25 o.n.o.Contact John on 650857

Non-business adverts inthis section

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Village DirectoryThe Small Ads

Community TransportA Dial-a-Bus service for elderly&/or disabled people operates onthe 1st and 3rd Thursday eachmonth to Buxton arriving11.15am & departing 1.15pm. Toreserve a seat, contact 641920

Jubilee FieldThe pitches & pavilion areavailable for hire. For allbookings, contact Colin Swindellon 07816 986956

Mobile LibraryOn 3rd Wednesday each monthElton - Duke of York -9.50 - 10.40 amCall 812267 or 58000 ext. 6589for details.

Post OfficeOutreach Service

Every Thursday in theSchool House

From 1.45-3.45pm

Village HallHire of hall: £5.00 per session or£15 all day for residents & villageorganisations. Non-residents atreasonable rates.

For bookings or more informationcontact Sue Lightfoot 650641

Winster Surgery HoursMon – Fri 8.30am to 12noonMon & Wed only 2.00pm to

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