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I feel enormously privileged to be guest editor for thisspecial issue of the Dialogue; but what to write that hasn’tbeen written many times before? Two coffees later andsome concentrated pondering, it occurred to me what anappropriate title our village magazine has and how it has lived up to its name. TheOxford English Dictionary definition of dialogue is: conversation; communication;conversation; communication;conversation; communication;conversation; communication;conversation; communication;debate; discussion; exchange.debate; discussion; exchange.debate; discussion; exchange.debate; discussion; exchange.debate; discussion; exchange. Origin – Greek ‘dialogos’ converse with speech.dialogos’ converse with speech.dialogos’ converse with speech.dialogos’ converse with speech.dialogos’ converse with speech.

Twenty years on from that first issue in April 1995 the Dialogue is still going strong;reflecting in an unbiased way all aspects of life in Diseworth & its locality; promotingand reporting on local events & activities; welcoming & publishing articles written forthe magazine and advertising local businesses.

Congratulations and celebrations are recurring themes in this anniversary issue withcelebratory articles and reminiscences set around the centre pages of the magazine.Claudette Caven, who has advertised her ballet classes in every issue, has written avery amusing article on her efforts to improve the fitness of the village football team,the ‘Diseworth Wanderers’, who were languishing at the bottom of the league. LizJarrom is our most prolific contributor with her Country Matters column and it isinteresting to learn how much farming has changed in the last 20 years. Liz’s healthpage is another consistent feature and in this month’s issue there are 20 tips thatcould help us to reach the age of 100. A touch of humour is always welcome and ourroving reporter Cyril the Fox returns to these pages with his delightful slant onvillage matters in general (a few of which are relevant this month) and domestic blisswith Mrs Fox in their new lair. Jim Snee shares his memories of buying their 16th

century house (in need of some renovation) at auction under the knowing scrutiny ofthe ‘locals’, and not to be missed is Karen’s account of domestic bliss and on learninghow to do things ‘properly’.

Congratulations to Diseworth rugby player William Allman who is a member of thevictorious under 18s England Squad. He is looking forward to joining NorthamptonSaints as a first year Senior Academy player in 2016. Congratulations also go to theJepson family on the safe arrival of two new granddaughters born just six days apart.I started my letter for the 10th birthday issue with the words: “Where do I begin?” NowI don’t know where to finish. Maybe my concluding sentences are as applicable todayas they were in 2005:

“Thank you Diseworth for keeping up the momentum.Without your support and contributions, there would be no magazine.”

Sue Brompton

Welcome to the20th Birthday Issueof The Dialogue

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Diseworth Diary

MARCHSaturday 28th Easter Fayre in Church 10am - 12 noonSaturday 28th Bistro Evening at the Village Hall

APRILWednesday 1st Coffee Morning, Diseworth Village Hall. 10am - 12 noon in aid of

Canine PartnersSaturday 4th Easter Even Service, 7pm at Diseworth Heritage CentreMonday 6th Family Fun Day at the Plough Inn, in aid of Joseph Cooper TrustMonday ` 13th Women’s Afternoon Discusion Group. Procrastination. 2pm,

31 Hall GateWednesday 15th to The Mikado by Melbourne Operatic Society. 7.30pm, DuchessSaturday 18th Theatre, Long EatonThursday 23rd The Dialogue stapling and committee meeting. 7.30pm at the

invitation of Emma HaycraftSaturday 25th Church Coffee Morning 10am - 12 noonSaturday 25th Bingo Night with Fish and Chip SupperWednesday 29th Spring Lunch for Diseworth’s Over 65s. Village Hall 12.30pm

MAYMonday ` 11th Women’s Afternoon Discusion Group. The World Today. 2pm,

Ladygate FarmThursday 21st The Dialogue stapling and committee meeting. 7.30pmSaturday 23rd Church Coffee Morning 10am - 12 noon

JUNEThursday 25th The Dialogue stapling and committee meeting. 7.30pmAUGUSTThursday 27th The Dialogue stapling and committee meeting. 7.30pmSEPTEMBERSaturday 5th Diseworth Village ShowThursday 24th The Dialogue stapling and committee meeting. 7.30pmOCTOBERThursday 22nd The Dialogue stapling and committee meeting. 7.30pmNOVEMBERFriday 13th Diseworth Annual Beer FestivalSaturday 14th Diseworth Annual Beer FestivalThursday 26th The Dialogue stapling and committee meeting. 7.30pm

Every Thursday Coffee Cakes & Computers Heritage Centre 10am – 12 noonEvery Thursday Angel Space in Church 3.30pm - 4.30pm

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DiseworthBefore the Dialogue Jim SneeI was invited by the Dialogue Committeeto write an article to commemorate the20th anniversary of our village magazine.My wife, Carly, along with Mike Doyle andKim Duggan were the founding fathers(and mothers) of this illustriouspublication which has long since grown upto become an integral part of the glue thatbinds our community together. I was buta passenger in the process of its evolution.

The Dialogue’s history is welldocumented elsewhere so what to writeabout? I thought about this for a longtime. It eventually occurred to me thatwe’ve now been in Diseworth for a while,37 years in fact. I know that’s not long ifyou’re a Dakin or a Fletcher or a Jarromor a Cotton or an Adkin or a Mitchell orone of the other village families who’vebeen here since Adam and Eve firstpitched their tent at The Cross, but it’sstill a reasonable stretch.

During this time many people havemoved on and many have moved in so Ithought I’d pen something about life andvillage communication before the Dialogue– how was word and deed and impendingactivity spread around the village beforewe had the magazine? The old timers willknow the answer of course but our morerecent immigrants will probably not.Actually, the answer is simple - throughthe Church or through the pub.

I can best illustrate this by tellingyou about the first conversation I ever hadwith a Diseworthian, a conversation I wellremember to this day. It took place on theday we bought our house in ClementsGate. All will be revealed - but first somebackground:- The house was to be sold atauction, the auction to take place at theproperty itself. No one knows how old thehouse actually is but the Estate Agent’sblurb said ‘Dating from the 16th Century’.Anyway, not to put too fine a point on it, it

was old and it was in a mess. It was oldenough for the Council to have put aPreservation Order on it and it was insufficient a state of disrepair that they’dalso put a Condemnation Notice on it aswell. So we couldn’t live in it and wecouldn’t knock it down and start againeither (not that that was what we wantedto do anyway. Far from it, our plan was torestore and renovate but that’s anotherstory).

None of this bothered us, we werethen young enough to have the energyand naive enough to have theimagination to see (eventually) ahabitable home for our children andourselves. In short we could see thepotential and we were possessed of thearrogance of youth that told us we couldcomplete the job.

Anyway, come the auction, I turnedup to bid. It wasn’t long before my heartsank. We had but a limited budget andthe place was heaving with people. Ittook but a couple of seconds before Iconvinced myself that my mission wasdoomed to failure, competition would befierce and we’d be outbid before we evengot started.

As it turned out there were only afew serious ‘buyers’. We won the battleand I stepped forward, a stranger in thecrowd of onlookers, to pay the obligatorydeposit to the auctioneer. A crowd, I wasto later discover, which comprised almostentirely Diseworthians who had turnedup, only out of curiosity, to see who wouldbuy ‘Old Ted’s place’. (We never knewhim but the former occupant of the housewas one Ted Howe, by all accounts averitable character and reputedly, in hisday, known to be the best poacher inLeicestershire).

That evening I came back toDiseworth (we were then living in Castle

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Donington) to sample the delights of oneof the village pubs. I chose the Bull andSwan. It was pretty full and as I stood atthe bar to order my beer I caught the gistof the conversation. It was all about theauction that morning. I listened with wryand growing amusement – and saidnothing. What idiot had bought it?Where did they come from? Why wouldthey want a wreck like that? Didn’t thefool know it was condemned? Didn’t theyknow it was falling down? Must havemore money than sense, etc, etc.

As I stood taking all this in a smalllady perched on a bar stool the end of thebar and with a kindly, smiling face caughtmy eye. She leaned towards me and said,‘Hello, what brings you to Diseworth, whoare you’? ‘Hello’ I replied, ‘I’m the idiotthey’re all talking about’ said I, ‘I’m thefool who bought the house at the auctionthis morning’. ‘Ooh!’ she said, ‘are yougoing to live in it’? ‘Yes, eventually, whenwe’ve done it up’. ‘Ooh, good’ she said ‘Myname’s Dolly and I need to ask you aquestion’! ‘Hello Dolly, I’m Jim. What’syour question’? ‘Well’ said Dolly, ‘whenpeople in this village die, I’m the one wholays them out. So what I need to knowfrom you is; do you dress to the left or doyou dress to the right’?!!!!!!

And that, dear reader, is how peoplegot to know what was going on in thevillage before we had The Dialogue.Sadly, Dolly, passed away a few years agonow, like too many other colourfulcharacters from Diseworth we’ve rubbedshoulders with since 1978.

As a footnote of possible interest tonewer Diseworthians, Dolly transferred herallegiance from the Bull to the Plough ayear or two after our initial introduction toeach other and a part of her memory liveson still in The Plough. If you look closely atthe small table top, between the windows tothe left of the bar, you’ll see a small inlaidbrass plaque which simply says ‘Dolly’sShelf ’. There she sat every eveningdrinking her half pint – no doubt at thesame time conducting, from her vantagepoint and between sips of beer, an intimateappraisal of every male she encountered.It’s a sobering thought that without Dollyaround to look after our best interests, wemales in the village can no longer beassured that we’ll have a comfortableeternal rest when our time is up.

Here’s to the next 20 years of TheDialogue. Hopefully its pages will recordfor posterity a few more stories of the livesand likes and habits of its villagecharacters.

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St Michael and All Angels Parish ChurchLocated in an old clay pit not far from St Austell, conceived by TimSmit and designed by Nicholas Grimshaw, the Eden Project took 2½years to construct and opened to the public on 17 March 2001. It isdominated by two huge dome-shaped enclosures consisting of hundredsof hexagonal and pentagonal, inflated, plastic cells supported by steelframes. Each structure houses thousands of plant species and emulates anatural biome. There is a Mediterrenean biome and Tropical biome.Outside, the reclaimed terraces and undulations of the former pit arefilled with plants of beauty and utility. It is an astonishing achievement.

In February, as my wife and I walked round the project and the Biomeswe were struck by the way in which community effort and vision, and that sense of working in andfor something far greater than yourself, had produced an ambience that bordered on the spiritual. Itseems that when we do truly put our differences aside and work together, not just for the better-ment of one another, but for the greater good of something beyond ourselves, especially thenatural world, we touch or glimpse an even deeper more profound reality that is the spiritual.

We are, of course not the first do this. The psalms, the songbook of the Bible are full of spiritualinsights following on from reflection on nature and the world around us.Someone saw a shepherd tending his sheep and suddenly realised that that this is what God is like:“The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want” [Psalm 23].

On a starlit night someone looked up at the night sky and wondered where we as humans might fitinto this great scheme: “When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and thestars that you have established; what are human beings that you are mindful of them, mortals thatyou care for them?Yet you have made them a little lower than God, and crowned them with gloryand honour.” [Psalm 8].

On a long journey a weary traveller looked to the hills in the distance and hoped for revival: “I liftup my eyes to the hills, from where will my help come? My help comes from the Lord, who madeheaven and earth. He will not let your foot be moved; he who keeps you will not slumber. He whokeeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.” [Psalm 121]

As spring comes upon us, the leaves begin to green up, fresh life starts and buds and flowers form,I hope all of us will have time to stop and wonder and enjoy the glory and complexity of thenatural world around us. And I hope too that we might be taken beyondthat world to the greater reality of a creator God who is there and whocares for us. And perhaps too our thoughts might turn to the Eden project,no, not the one in Cornwall, but that more ancient Eden project thatstarted in a perfect garden with a man and a woman called Adam andEve, and ended with one man called Jesus dying on a cross and beingraised to new life, so that all of us could one day return to Eden.

I wish you all a very Happy Easter

Revd. Tony Edmonds

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St Michael and All Angels Parish ChurchServices & Locations for April 2015

Time Service LocationApril 2nd 7.00pm Passover & Communion BeltonMaundy Thursday 7.30pm Communion & Stripping

of Altar Kegworth

April 3rd 1.00pm Stations of the Cross KegworthGood Friday 6.00pm Compline Osgathorpe

7.30pm Evensong Belton7.30pm Compline Hathern

April 5th 9.45am All Age Communion DiseworthEaster Sunday 10.30am All Age Communion Hathern, Kegworth &

Long Whatton11.00am All Age Communion Belton3.00pm All Age Communion Osgathorpe6.15pm Evensong Belton & Kegworth

April 12th 9.00am BCP Holy Communion Osgathorpe9.45am CW Holy Communion Diseworth10.30am CW Holy Communion Hathern, Kegworth

& Long Whatton11.00am CW Holy Communion Belton6.15pm Lambing Service Long Whatton

Evensong Kegworth

April 19th 9.45am CW Holy Communion Diseworth10.30am Café Church Hathern

Holy Communion Long WhattonFamily Communion Kegworth

11.00am Café Church Belton6.15pm BCP Evensong Belton & Kegworth

BCP Holy Communion Hathern

April 22nd 7.30pm United Praise Service Hathern

April 26th 9.00am BCP Holy Communion Osgathorpe9.45am CW Holy Communion Diseworth10.30am CW Holy Communion Hathern & Kegworth11.00am CW Holy Communion Belton6.15pm BCP Evensong Belton, Kegworth & Hathern

Regular Weekly ServicesTuesday 12.30pm CW Holy Communion, BeltonWednesday 9.30am BCP Holy Communion, KegworthThursday 8.30-9.00am Morning Prayer, Diseworth

3.30-4.30pm Angelspace, Diseworth

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St Michael and All Angels Parish Church

‘Angelspace’is held in St Michael & All Angels Church

on Thursday afternoonsfrom 3.30pm until 4.30pm.

This is for children aged 0 – 10 years withtheir parents or carers.

There will be refreshments, songs,stories and activities.

Lessons and Readers for April 2015Time Reader Sidesman

April 5th 1st Reading: Isaiah 25.6-9 9.45am D Cherry G StoneEaster 2nd Reading: Acts 10.34-43 A StoneDay Gospel: Mark 16.1-8 S Bird

April 12th 1st Reading: Acts 4.32-35 9.45am S Brompton M HeningEaster 2 2nd Reading: 1 John 1.1-2.2 M Gidlow

Gospel: John 20.19-31 T Walker

April 19th 1st Reading: Acts 3.12-19 9.45am D Blenkinsopp M HoweEaster 3 2nd Reading: 1 John 3.1-7 M Hening

Gospel: Luke 24.36b-48 M Howe

April 26th 1st Reading: Acts 4.5-12 9.45am D Griffin T GriffinEaster 4 2nd Reading: 1 John 3.16-24 M Gidlow

Gospel: John 10.11-18 S Bird

If you are unable to read on the date shown please arrange for someone else to do so.

Church Flowers and BrassesFlowers Brasses

April 5th/12th Mrs A Brooks Mrs R SmithApril 19th/26th Mrs R Harris Mrs R Harris

Coffee MorningsCoffeeMornings areusually held inchurch on thefourthSaturday of

the month between 10am and12noon. The next ones will be on25th April and 23rd May.There will be refreshments, a raffle,bric-a-brac, books and Fair Tradestalls.

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kegworthandhathern.org.ukfor up to date information of services and

events at all churches in the Benefice.

TEAM RECTOR

TEAM VICARRevd Tony Edmonds,The Rectory,Presents Lane, Belton, Leicestershire.LE12 9UN 01530 223447email [email protected]

TEAM CURATERevd. Lesley Butler e-mail:[email protected]

Enquiries regarding Marriages, Funerals and Baptisms should be directed to RevdTony Edmonds. Please note that Tony has Friday as his day off.

Kegworth Methodist ChurchHigh St. KegworthSunday ServicesMorning Worship - 10.30amPraise Worship – 6.15pm (First Sunday each month)Minister – Rev. Diane Grice. 01509 672479

Kegworth Baptist ChurchHigh St. KegworthSunday ServicesMorning Worship & Sunday School – 10.30amLead Deacon: Paul Phillips 01509-551464www.kegworthbaptist.org.uk

Catholic Church of the Risen Lord.Hillside, Castle DoningtonMass every Sunday 9am

CHURCHWARDENSMr David Bird 01332 810381Mrs Muriel Howe 01332 850338

READERSMrs Nadine Hawkins 01509 646957

St Michael and All Angels Parish Church

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EASTER EVEN SERVICE

Join us as we prepare for Easter with an

Easter Even Reflection

at 7.00pm on Easter Saturday (4th April)

at Diseworth Heritage Centre

And being found in appearance as a man, he

humbled himself and became obedient to death--

even death on a cross! (Philippians 2:8 NIV)

For more information, see www.kegworthbaptist.org.uk

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Spring Lunchfor all Diseworth’s

Over 65sWednesday 29th April

Diseworth Village Hall£4

Come and join us at12.30pm

for a welcome drinkand chat

Lunch served at 1pm

All residents of Diseworth aged 65 andover are very welcome.

If you’ve been before, please come again.If you haven’t been before, please come,

you will be made very welcome!

Please reserve your place withKath Taylor:

[email protected] or 01332 850631

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Diseworth Rugby Player for‘England Under 18s’ on the Winning Team Again

My son William Allman, who lives on The Green in Diseworth, has played for the winning side of theEngland under 18s Rugby Squad once again. On February 22nd, the team played against France atDoncaster with the winning score of 21 – 5. He was then selected for the team to play Scotland onMarch 8th in Newcastle with another winning score of 39 – 27.

He played for Melbourne Rugby Club from Under 7s to Under 16s. He has played forNottinghamshire, Lincolnshire and Derbyshire age groups and also captained the ‘Midlands under16s’. He has also played for the England under 17s. After Melbourne he became part of the trophywinning ‘Northampton Saints under 18s’ squad who played in the Academy Premiership Finals thisyear. He is currently doing ‘A’ levels at Trent College in Long Eaton.

He has been selected for the England v Wales Under 18 game in Swansea on the 15th March and theUnder 18 European Rugby Championships which takes place in Toulouse from the 27th March to the4th April 2015. Next year he has accepted a contract to play professional rugby as a first year SeniorAcademy player at Northampton Saints.

The picture is of him carrying the ball against France in February. Andrew Allman

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Domestic Bliss (?)Is there such a thing as domestic bliss, does it actually exist, or is it just a conceptdescribed in the numerous ‘how to’ books which proliferate our book stores, or inprogrammes screened on TV, all designed to make us yearn for such perfect andsmoothly running households as they portray.

After many years spent working full time, whilst assisting and caring for ageingparents, raising offspring and enjoying life in general, it occurred to me that withapproaching retirement the frenetic race to catch up on all things domestic could bea thing of the past. Something to look back on and say ...... remember when thefreezer defrosted overnight, ... when the kitchen caught fire, ... when we shopped atsilly o’ clock because that was the only time left available for us, ....when we spenthours cleaning the house and then the dog came in having rolled in somethingdisgusting and we had to start again, .... when we never had enough hours in theday, days in the week to enable our household to barely function, never mindachieve the domestic utopia detailed on TV and in books, etc. I say ‘we’ but I thinkmost people will understand that it may have been more ‘I’, but that is the thingwith domesticity, we all have different views on it.

So, with both of us retired now, there would be opportunities to conduct ourdomestic arrangements much more leisurely than ever before, we might evenachieve some of those states of perfection seen in glossy magazines, with sparklingfloors and gleaming surfaces, full fridge and larders, pristine garden, tidy garage,well maintained, frequently washed cars, house repairs and decorating complete andwe would be able to enjoy freshly cooked, interesting, delicious food every day,bought from fresh produce stalls and markets because we would be able to time ourgrocery trips accordingly. Husband had even agreed to cook a different recipe oncea week too.

I now go back to my opening question. Does domestic bliss exist? Well, not in ourhouse, no. We still have to chase around, although I accept not quite as much asbefore to catch up on chores, as it seems not only are these habits hard to break, butour family believe we have too much time now and have set about to fill it for uswith other things. And, we find that although we planned a system for completingtasks around the home and to make the best use of our time, we seem to do othermore interesting non-domestic things instead.

As for the husband, he has reneged on his agreement to cook an interesting newmeal once a week, but he has however developed a bizarre interest in certaindomestic areas, in which he is completely devoid of the appropriate supportingknowledge.

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Apparently I don’t pair socks properly. Now who knew there was only onespecific way to roll socks? Who knew? So, although I have spent a lifetime huntingfor missing socks and reuniting them before the wash, only then for them tomiraculously disappear into the depths of the machine after washing and thereforehave to be hunted and paired again, it seems that my system of pairing socks oncedry is flawed. So has it always been flawed and husband never previously noticed?Again, who knew? Bearing in mind that my method has not changed, apparently,now I ‘ball’ them too loosely, which means more of the socks showing than thereshould be. I am told that the foot of each sock has to be tucked well in to the legpart, and definitely rolled so that the entire foot is tightly bound and can’t actuallybe seen. Not, as I do it, looped into a pair with the feet part all visible and leftdangling. “Back off from the socks”, I tell him. Does it matter, as long as theyremain in a pair? Apparently it does, as in this new retirement freedom, there is abetter way to pair socks.

The husband’s expertise is not restricted to laundry. Who knew that pasta had to beprevented from clumping during cooking? And, when I was making the mincemeatready to use in the annual Christmas mince pie preparation, he informed me, as Iwas putting the mixture into the low heat oven to prevent fermentation, that Ishould have a higher temperature. I explained that I had done it this way for years,but he insisted it was not correct. Well, who knew? Clearly not me. Withoutquestioning from where he had acquired this source of information, I actually didwhat he suggested! Why? Why would I do that? After ‘rescuing’ the mixture, ittook 2 hours longer than usual to make the mincemeat. I demanded an apologyfrom husband, who confessed he had no real information, he just thought it wouldbe better that way! So much for less frenetic domestic situations.

There have been many similar events in our striving for domestic bliss, and I havebeen told that I am not immune to givingopinions on subjects of which I know nothing.Such as explaining how the loft should becleared and what to do with the stuff in there,what to do to enable us to access the garagesafely, and giving reminders that the car whichhe bought to tinker with needs some tinkeringand the kitchen requires a refit and a newfloor. This seems to provoke a reaction fromthe husband, and I am then forced to shakesocks at him.

Domestic bliss? I guess we won’t ever be askedto feature in any glossy magazine, ideal homesTV programme or books on ‘how to achieveperfect domestic arrangements’ then.

Karen

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Village Hall ReportNotice of AGM

Wednesday 6th May 2015 at 7:30pmin the Village Hall.

The Village Hall Annual General Meeting(AGM) is an important event where you can be involvedin the running of your Village Hall – we need your inputand help if we are to continue to maintain this valuablevillage resource. Please come along and let us know what you would like to see, what improvements areneeded, offer your help or just turn up to show your support for the current committee.

Regular visitors to the Hall will see that parts of it are being given a ‘face-lift’, by the time youread this the redecoration of the Committee Room will be well on the way to being completed.

It’s that time again when I must remind you that one very important source of income for yourVillage Hall is the 200 Club we really appreciate your continued support and take delight in paying outthe lucky winners. Annual subscriptions are due at the end of April so reminders will be sent out by e-mail or letter and your prompt payment would be appreciated.

Although I was not able to attend personally I am told the “Money Talks on Valentine’sNight” concert was a great night out. Although not organised by the Committee it is great to see theHall being used to such good effect – thanks go to all involved.

Our next event is the popular Prize Bingo Night on 25th April and as with last year’s sell-out event theentry price includes a Fish & Chip supper (or Sausage & Chips) so booking in advance is important.

When you are there you can buy as many game cards as you are able to manage as this improves yourchance of winning one of the exciting prizes that will be on offer.

You will see from the “What’s On” page where we are with our future events. I am afraid ouridea for May appears to have fallen through and we are still working hard on something for June – youwill just have to watch this space.

The sub-committee responsible for planning the Village Show has already held initial meetingsto put together this year’s schedule of classes (to be included in the next issue of the Dialogue). Thisschedule will be available earlier on Facebook or can be sent to you, on request, by e-mail (see addressbelow).

Some time ago I mentioned that two more Dog Waste Bins were to be provided in Diseworth –these Bins have now been delivered. The Parish Council are to place one on the corner of The Bowleyand The Green with the intention that the second be placed on the Village Hall Field. However, wewould like your feedback to tell us if this is the correct site or where you think it would be most useful.

You can get more information by contacting the Village Hall Committee on our new e-mail address;[email protected] or by telephone on:-

Hall Bookings: Tel: 0300 800 5000Event Bookings: Tel: 0300 800 6000General Issues: Tel: 0300 800 7000

You can also visit us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/diseworthvillagehall

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Diseworth Village Hall - What’s On Date Event Price

Art & Craft ClubTuesdays fortnightly 10am until 12noon

Tea or Coffee and good companyWhy not come along to see what’s going on.

Table Tennis hire available at £5 per hour

£2 pervisit

£4 perclass

Ballroom & LatinDance Classes

7:30pm to 9:00pm

AprilSaturday 25th

Bingo NightWith a Fish & Chip Supper

(or Sausage & Chips)Game card £1.50 for 6 games

BYO Drink, Doors open 7:00pm

Event to be confirmedDetails of this event to be

released soon

Diseworth Village ShowDetails to follow in a future Dialogue

April7th & 21st

April2nd & 16th

May 28th

£6 perPerson.includes

the Supper

For further details call 0300 800 6000 (standard call charge), e-mail us [email protected]

or see our new Facebook page www.facebook.com/diseworthvillagehall

SeptemberSaturday 5th

June

November13th / 14th

Diseworth Annual BeerFestival

Details to appear here later

Watch thisspace

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The Dialogue - How It All StartedAll good things start with many people throwing ideas into the air, usually over

a glass of wine or three. A village is a great place to get things going with a hugecommunity spirit, people gather together and make something incredible from whatmay seem impossible. The Diseworth Dialogue was born just like this.

Is it really that long ago? Parts seem just like yesterday. Time really does fly.My first main thoughts go back to our meeting in Carly Snee’s beautiful house, sippingcoffee and others going through a few bottles of wine!. Along with a handful of villagersincluding my friend and neighbour, Mike Doyle, we all had ideas on the table to put avillage magazine together.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY from the children at Diseworth C of E Primary School

The Dialogue Celebrates aHappy Years!

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From ideas to the actual logistics is a very long way. The idea was a verycasual one of people being able to send their stories and articles in once amonth and a magazine would appear and be distributed to every household.

The actual formation, construction, compilation and distribution was somethingto be delved into in depth and it needed everyone of the committee’s expertise indifferent fields to knuckle down the very first issue.

The stories needed to be read and re-read, spellings corrected, pictures re-sizedto fit the article space. Initially, we had to have someone set up the left page, whichmay be page one, but the right page may be page 17, then the next page, and so onuntil the printing came out perfect to fit once stapled together as a book format.The proof reading had to be done over and over, the editor’s feature, the front page andthe adverts.

This was all done, behind the scenes really as most of us would not see theproduct finished until the pages started to arrive on our ‘fulfillment night’. We wouldtake it in turn to go to one person’s house and spread out all the individual pages in aline. Fortunately I had a six foot table, which had wings to extend either end. This justallowed enough room for the pages, the end product and the stapling area. I also had apart time job with outwork, fulfilling multiple leaflets into magazines, then enveloping.Therefore I had a good idea of how to make the night work as efficiently as possible.

Our first night was a big learning curve. We set about placing the hundreds ofpages in their order side by side and people picking them one by one until they got tothe end and we had someone stapling them in the centre, making sure the staples wereequally spaced. This sounds quite easy on paper, but the physical stapling throughmultiple pages meant that we soon had to make the decision an industrial staple gunwas needed. This had a larger reach and needed less force.

The one memory in my head which stands out more than ever is Mike Doyle,running down the road with hundreds of pages, still hot from the printer. This was areal cottage industry type picture. Eventually, it was decided that too much pressurewas being put on Mike and his printers and a printing firm in Castle Donington wasused. I think Mike did a fantastic job and I do not think The Dialogue would be inexistence if it was not for him and his expertise.

The magazines were now piled up at the end of the table. More coffee wasneeded. More wine was opened. Snacks were consumed and we were onto the final taskof the evening. Distribution:- How many streets in the village? How many houses oneach street? Who was going to distribute which street?

One person per street and sometimes two streets took responsibility for thedistribution of the magazines to their neighbours. Magazines were counted and loadedinto bags according to their needs. As this part of the night was reached, we all startedto relax a little more. The last book was placed into the last bag. More coffee, morewine, more snacks, reflection and satisfaction for a job well done came over the group.A project was underway and was now in full swing. We had succeeded in our idea whichstarted over a coffee months earlier.

The whole team looked round at each other and smiled as they lifted up theircarrier bags and went off into the night.

The only thing to wait for was the reaction and approval of the village.

I think they approve!!! Kim Alcock

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Hello DiseworthCyril here making a return to journalism after a short butpainful break.

You’ll recall some months ago Mrs F went into print about my absences from themarital home and how life was so difficult, blah, blah blah. Well since thenwe’ve moved into a new and up graded fox lair with all mod cons, centralheating, dish washer, house cleaner and all manner of labour saving devices, allto make my beloved Vulpina’s life a gas. She’s very happy now, my ears no longerache and so once again I can become the tome producer I once was.

Anyway I’ve had a few tours round our patch recently and it seems we aresetting about some kind of celebration as there are flags all over the place (weon The Green).

I know there’s one on the church sometimes plus another regularly at someone’shouse on The Bowley but these are different being small and celebrating “Isthis yours?”. I know about St George, St Patrick and St David the hootequivalent whose name defeats me but Saint Is This Yours is unknown to me.Can anyone fill in the gap?

I also see that our moral compass watch dog is on a role again. WINGS havecottoned on to the DHL changes proposed at their barn the other side of theA453 divide and as normal produce a reasoned and well thought out view point.Those of us who know the incumbents of this group must realise that thethought processes come from somewhere but I can’t imagine where! Do keepan eye out as mobilisation of the village might be necessary if the indirecteffects are too negative.

OK all have a greatspring and summerand enjoy any of themany doo’s that areup and coming andremember keep aneye out for moreflags !!

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Our Village ShopMany, many years ago when Jim and I were house-hunting in the vicinity ofEast Midlands Airport, we arrived for the first time in Diseworth and weredelighted to discover there was a village shop located near The Cross on HallGate. With 2 small children and a third about to be born any day, this wasan essential requirement and a deciding factor in our decision to bid for theproperty where we still live over 35 years later.

At the time, I thought we would only be here a couple of years and that wewere just passing through! With the gift of foresight my list of desirablerequirements might have been a lot longer than a large garden and a shopwithin walking distance.

The village shop in those far off days was run by Fran and Michael Smithand was one of those amazing places that always seemed to have what I waslooking for, in storage, if not on display.

Jim Snee pictured with Michael and Fran

It seems amazing, looking back, that we could buy fresh meat, and hamfreshly cut off the bone, cheese, as well as many other products, groceries,

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vegetables, sweets and hardware. The shelves were stocked withtins and jars and seasonal items as well as random toys forchildren or gifts for friends.

I remember Fran telling me that if I could not see what I wanted I just hadto ask and she would do her best to buy it in. I was really missing avocadopears and sure enough not long after a tray of them appeared. I don’t thinkthe other customers shared my taste and they were not popular enough so Idon’t remember seeing them again! Of course there was also the Post Officeand newsagents combined in the small space with everything else. Franand Mick were early risers so newspapers were delivered before breakfast, awelcome service.

As our children grew old enough to walk to the shop unaccompanied, theycottoned on to the idea of using my ‘tab’ to buy sweets for themselves. I stillhave the little notebook itemising every purchase which reveals all theirshopping habits about which I feel sure they thought were their secret!

How I miss not only the convenience of a friendly village shop but also theopportunity to chat with other customers. It was such a comfort, in thedepths of winter when snow and ice made leaving the village very difficult,to know we could walk down the road and buy what we needed. Meeting ourneighbours doing their shopping was a wonderful opportunity to catch up onlocal news.

Thank-you Mick and Fran and Brenda for all those years of hard work andcheerful service!

With all the new houses being built and more people moving in to DiseworthI keep hoping that somehow we could have a new village shop even if it wasrun as a co-operative as happens in other places.

People say that nobody wants to shop locally with supermarkets havingeverything under one roof and delivering too. I disagree as I enjoy buyingeggs from our farms and using the farm shop and Post Office in LongWhatton and feel the opportunity to do so is a privilege and a pleasure.

What do you think? Carly Snee

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The Dialogue 20th Anniversary Issue

It gives me great pleasure to be asked to contribute to the magazine, unbelievably,celebrating your 20th anniversary issue!

It is just over 25 years since I was first elected to the County Council, in May 1989.There has been much change since that time, with the County Council becoming acompletely different organisation to the one I was first elected to. Back then, we used to runthe police and fire services, social services, as well as being the local education authority,running the schools.

How things have changed. Post the 2008 recession, Leicestershire County Council hashad to transform how its services are provided. Including by contracting with other bodiesto deliver them, whilst still providing first class services at the best possible cost. In manyways, Leicestershire has been a victim of its own success. We have been the lowest fundedcounty council whilst being one of the top performing- for example great local schools, wellmaintained roads and the protection of vulnerable children and adults an absolute priority.We can be proud of what we have achieved. But the challenge to stay at the top means wehave to think radically about how services are provided and not be constrained about whodelivers them. It means more joint working with neighbouring authorities. Sharing servicesand projects and concentrating on creating the conditions necessary for jobs, growth andeconomic development to thrive.

One of the best examples of this is our work helping to provide high-speed fibre broadbandin Diseworth. I am pleased the County Council has been able to provide support over anumber of years, as part of our Superfast Leicestershire programme, to help local residentssecure the necessary additional funding to get the village connected. With significant effortfrom BT, it was great that Diseworth was included in our 12 Cabinets of Christmas mediacampaign. In January I was pleased to attend the drop-in information evening and speak tolocal businesses and residents who will now be able to benefit from high-speed fibrebroadband. A great result all round and a triumph for localism.

In conclusion, whatever the outcome of the general election, which I think is the mostimportant in a generation, rest assured my top priority is continuing our campaign to get afairer funding deal for Leicestershire and I will continue the fight. It cannot be right thatDerbyshire gets £60 million per year more than us, or that Nottinghamshire gets £69 millionmore. I have taken this campaign to the very top of Government, lobbied our Ministers andour MPs. I am particularly grateful to Andrew Bridgen, MP for Northwest Leicestershire, forhis staunch support of the county council’s position.

We live in challenging times. But I do know that if we work together, as communities, wecan secure the best outcomes for the local people we serve. I will be delighted to talk toyou about the issues raised in this article if I see you out and about. Here’s to the next 20years…

Nicholas Rushton,Leader of the County Council

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Congratulations to theDiseworth Dialogue on its20th Birthday!What a fantastic achievement and it’s all down to the brilliant team who dedicate theirtime and energy in creating such an interesting and diverse village magazine. I missbeing on the team very much; the camaraderie and the sense of being involved in thevillage was wonderful. I have only lived in the village 16 years, so I’m still a newcomer!In that time, the village has been through a lot: fighting off runways, seeing off solarpanel farms and now waiting for the HS2 route to be confirmed. But there have beenpositive changes too. The new housing in the village has been a huge success as has theHeritage Centre. The village hall is thriving and the allotments at the end of ClementsGate have been very popular. More recently and from a personal point of view, the effortsof Disewired to have superfast broadband installed in the village have made life so muchbetter! I cannot recommend it highly enough.

What makes a great village? Community spirit - certainly. It is so important to knowone’s neighbours. A friend of mine has lived in the same street in Derby for years buthardly knows any of her neighbours by name. Although we all lead busy lives, it isimportant that we look out for each other.

The ability to adapt to change is also fundamental when living in a village.There will always be bugbears - mine is the 11pm engine runs up at the airport! Forothers it might be the race track or unauthorised parking. But when you live in a lovelyvillage such as Diseworth, you have to be prepared to compromise and embrace positivechange.

Every time I turn off the A453 and drive down the hill into Grimes Gate, I always thinkhow lucky I am to live in this village. Only a short distance from the hustle and bustle ofmodern life; airports, motorways and cities close by and yet driving down that hill, I feelI am almost going back in time. The stresses of the day just melt away and I can’t waitfor Monday evening’s bellringing practice.

The fact that many people have lived in Diseworth for decades is testament to the factthat it is a great place to live and I hope I can continue to live here for many more years.

In the meantime, I look forward to reading the excellent Diseworth Dialogue everymonth and would like to wish the team a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Peggy Tudor

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Dialogue MemoriesI have been asked to recall some of my early experiences as a member of theDialogue Committee. Memory isn’t quite what it used to be so I will try andremember as much as I can with the aid of back issues of the magazine.

I joined in April 1995 when Carly was editor and the Revd. Stuart Samuel,the vicar, was also on the committee. In that issue, in the lost and foundpage was the following:

An Octopus has been found in the Village Hall Field. We need eightpeople to have a photograph taken with it at 1030 on April 1st.

Also needed, a good recipe for Octopus Steaks.I think this sets the scene. It was a fun committee to be a part of. On thesame page was another one for the village archives – Congratulations toSophie Dawson Rowbottom on winning a part in the Andrew Lloyd-Webberproduction of “Evita” at the Theatre Royal, Nottingham. Sophie’s sister Lucymarried Carly’s son Dan last year. A lot can happen in 20 years.

One of our major problems was (and stillis) raising money to keep The Dialogueafloat, and cover printing costs etc. Oneof the many early events we organisedwas a Victorian Cream Tea in the villagehall. I have just looked at thephotograph of Carly, Liz and I servingour goodies. Wow! I have dark hair, itwas a long time ago. My husband Davewas also involved by making availableour vintage cars and buses for trips out.One of the early ventures was taking ourvintage bus filled with villagers to amusical fireworks evening on 19th August1995 at Calke Abbey which was a greatsuccess.

Time passes and we organised suchevents as Galloping Gourmet evenings – always well attended – with thecooking skills in this village we could open a restaurant. We had aDiseworth by the Sea Fete in the Village Hall Field with typical seasidestalls. Cockles and mussels, icecream, donkey rides, even a speed boat(moored) by the entrance to welcome you to the scene.

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Interspersed with such activities were the usual round of socialmeetings, collating and stapling – the machines were alwaysjamming, and worthy members of the committee, i.e. Jim Snee,were in demand for their mechanical skills in unjamming them.This was before they were electric. It was arm numbing work, but welaughed and enjoyed our time together usually accompanied by a welcomeglass of wine. At that time too we had a shop, a W.I., two functioning pubs,and cows that went up and down Lady Gate twice a day to be milked! Howthings have moved on – or have they?There are:

50 words in the Lord’s Prayer164 in the Ten Commandments300 in the American Declaration of Independence20,911 in the EEC regulations for the export of duck eggs........... and that was in ‘95

Need I say more? Sandie Moores

Happy 20Happy 20Happy 20Happy 20Happy 20ththththth Birthday Birthday Birthday Birthday Birthday, Dialogue!, Dialogue!, Dialogue!, Dialogue!, Dialogue!Back in early 1995, Carly Snee and I happened in conversation to discover that weboth had ideas for a village magazine. I had acquired some new-fangled desktoppublishing equipment and was looking for a little newsletter project to use it on,but Carly had a bigger vision for a full-blown village magazine. Building on the(then manually typed) “Herald” church magazine, we asked Diseworth residentsfor some initial content, and they responded magnificently.

As a result, the first issue of the ‘The Diseworth Dialogue’ dropped on to Diseworthdoormats in April 1995.

Now, here we are celebrating 20 years of The Dialogue. Carly and I have taken aback seat since those early days, and a superb team continues to take TheDialogue to new heights of content, production and quality. It’s a joy to see how our“little magazine with big ideas” has become a true part of life in Diseworth.

Congratulations to The Dialogue on its 20th Birthday, and huge thanks toeverybody involved in not only producing, but continuously developing andimproving, our superb village magazine with every issue. Great things have trulycome from a small beginning!

Mike DoyleSOAR VALLEY TWINNING ASSOCIATION

Congratulations to The Dialogue on their twentiethanniversary and hoping you carry on for many

years to come.

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Memories of Diseworth

I first became connected with Diseworth, when I started a keep fit class -Callanetics at the village hall in about the 1990s or thereabouts. This was wellsupported by mothers and toddlers including Liz Jarrom from Ladygate Farm. Later, Iwas asked by Will, Liz’s husband, to run an aerobic class for the then DiseworthWanderers – the village football team to improve the general fitness standard. As far asI can remember, I did an initial 4 weeks, which then developed into a more permanentfixture.

A motley crewassembled on aTuesday evening, tiredand worn out, whetherby farming or stressfuloffice scenarios. Theirbackground was verymixed and veryinteresting! I battledwith the doubleentendres and jauntybackchat and many atime I had to bite mylip to stop laughing attheir comments. I shallkeep the names andcomments secret to mygrave! Then one day, Will hit his head on the beam in his very old house and realisedthat something had happened to his spine – he had grown! Somehow or other thisbecame big news in the media, and before we knew where we were, we hit the pages ofa weekly woman’s magazine. Will had realised that he must have grown taller throughstretching his spine with the exercises we did. Much hilarity ensued for a few monthsover this episode. Sadly, the class disbanded due to other work commitments severalyears later but it was a lovely time doing the class and I fondly remember the verysweaty smell before they launched themselves into The Plough down the road when theclass finished! I was very proud of all the men who came to the class – they wereincredibly hard working! I have continued to be a village hall fixture over the years with aerobics and keepfit, a lively drama club run by Julie Doyle and myself and now a ballet class for adultsand beginners. I am lucky to have been a small part of the village for so long and haveenjoyed the immense variety of people that I have met over the years.

Claudette Caven - Henrys

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5th MAY 1990Real Life Real Life Real Life Real Life

Show a leg, lads!Stuck offside at the bottom of the league,

the Diseworth Wanderers decided to tackle theproblem – with aerobics

Perfectly synchronised, the aerobicclass regulars launch into a series ofleggy Tiller kicks that would make anycan-can dancer proud.

Yet this is no dainty dance troupe.There’s not a tutu or ballet pump insight when the Tuesday night line-uppractice their fancy footwork atLockington Village hall inLeicestershire.

Instead of aspiring Jane Fondas, abevy of muscular football playersstretch, bend and squat at the weeklyworkouts. The dynamic DiseworthWanderers, as they’re known, insistthat these sessions have added spiceto their games.

Village team manager, Will Jarrom, 33,volunteered his team for thisunconventional training three yearsago.

“We were in such bad shape, we’dhave had more chance of winning agame of tiddly-winks” explains Will, afull-time farmer. “Even that wouldhave depended on whether we couldaim straight.”

The players’ self-esteem was at an alltime low when Claudette Caven, afreelance choreographer and aerobicsteacher, came to the rescue.

Will’s wife, Liz, who’d been attendingClaudette’s classes for five years, toldher of the team’s predicament andClaudette suggested they try aerobicsto help build their stamina. Herproposal received a mixed reaction.

“Some were enthusiastic and preparedto give it a chance,” says Will. “Otherswere reluctant. The six players whoagreed to have a go thought theexercises would be easy.”

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At the team’s first session, petiteClaudette soon made them realiseaerobics weren’t going to be awalkover.

“They couldn’t keep up with thewomen in the class,” grins Claudette,41. “Even the warm-up – jogging onthe spot for 20 minutes – proved toomuch for them. As for the sit-ups,press-ups and waist bends ..... theywere a shambles.

“Rather than lose face, they allrefused to give up. After an hour, theywere shaking like leaves andcomplaining that it had been far moreexhausting than football practice.

“One staggered over and said ‘Thatwas damn hard’, before flopping downin a heap. They hardly had thestrength to pick up a pint at ThePlough later on.”

Claudette and her team keep stretching towards their goal - total fitness

Claudette’s gruelling routine didn’tdeter the players coming back formore – even though it made them thebutt of a few good natured jibes.

“Some chaps tease us because theythink aerobics is effeminate,” saysWill, a father of two. “Maybe theyshould try it themselves. It soon sortsout the men from the boys.”

The team’s wives and girlfriends weresupportive of the idea from the start.Seeing their menfolk get back intoterrific shape was a real treat forthem.

“Helen, my girlfriend, thought it wouldbe a good way to train,” says playerMartin Wright. “Luckily, though, shehasn’t asked if she can watch!”

Certain exercises such as thegraceful ‘flying angel’ (rather like

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swimming on solid ground) and the‘cossack’ (a slow motion version ofthe Russian dance) were specificallydesigned to strengthen the parts of afootballer which beer alone cannotreach: namely legs, thighs andstomach muscles. Soon the lithe ladsfrom Diseworth were limbering theirway up the league.

“We were unbeaten in 12 consecutivematches against local village teams inthe Derby Taverners League,” recallsWill proudly.

“There’s no doubt about it – aerobicsdefinitely helped improve ourperformance on the football pitch. Itmade us quicker, nimbler and moreagile.” Will is also convinced that theweekly stretch and bend sessionscured his bad back and made himgrow two inches taller.

“I injured my spine working on thefarm,” he explains. “But since I’vebeen to aerobics, the problem hasvanished. What’s more, I seem tohave grown. I used to think I was 5ft10 inches, until I suddenly started

bumping into the ceiling beams in ourfarmhouse. Now I’m a six footer.”

Claudette is astonished and delightedby the progress her class has made.“They’re very disciplined andproficient,” she says. “Flexing theirlimbs and intensive jogging are likesecond nature to them. As for themen’s high kicks, they’re superb.Their legs are now whizz up wayabove their shoulders – a move whichhas really helped their goal scoringabilities.”

The lessons are now so popular withthe class, which includes two strappingcoal miners and a burly policeman,that Claudette has formed an extraaerobics class to accommodate 18 ofthem.

“The regulars wouldn’t dare miss alesson,” says Claudette. “They’d soonfeel the strain at the next one.Besides, they all enjoy my classes –aerobics are for fun as well as fitness.”

Will nods in agreement, adding thatthe Diseworth Wanderers have a

piece of advicefor any mockingopponent: “Justremember whowon before youlaugh. And ifyou can’t beatus, you’rewelcome to joinus ..... If youcan stand thepace. Wimpsneedn’t apply.”

Sally Morgan

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Our very first issue!

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by LizJarrom

COUNTRYMATTERS

TWENTY YEARS OF REPORTING ONCOUNTRY MATTERS

Looking back in the archives of TheDiseworth Dialogue, I see that the veryfirst article I wrote in 1995 was aboutrearing male black and white calves forveal. Jump forward to 2005 and I wascomparing prices in 1995, which waspre BSE, with the prices in 2005.

Now looking back 20 years the pictureis even more interesting. Back in thegood old 1980s and early 1990s,farming was great, prices were buoyantand in 1995 top beef steers weremaking £900 a head, wheat was £120 atonne and we were getting 24 pence alitre for milk. We had a new car everyfour years and in 1994 we had a newcar and a new tractor! 1996 broughtBSE and cattle prices crashed. On topof that we had five cows stricken withthis distressing disease, all had to bedestroyed on the farm.

Recovery was slow, but by 2001 thingswere looking up and prices crawledback up very slowly until there was anoutbreak of foot and mouth. Fortunatelywe remained free of the disease, buttrading was tough with tightrestrictions. Fat cattle went to theabattoir and we paid the bills, it was avery stressful time as every morningcattle had to be checked for lamenessand slobbering. One animal showingsigns of foot and mouth would havemeant a call to the Ministry, andconfirmation of the disease would haveled to the destruction of all our cattlefrom the oldest cow right through to theyoungest calf.

By 2005 prices had recoveredsomewhat with top steers making £750a head, but wheat was a dreadful £60 atonne and milk was no better at 16pence a litre. It was a real challenge tomake a profit in any area of farming.2005 also saw the dawning of theSingle Farm Payment which started thetrend for decoupling the money paid tofarmers away from production andlinking it more to management of theland. Farmers’ payments becamelinked to schemes designed toencourage wildlife and protect habitatswith trees, hedgerows and uncultivatedmargins around the edges of fields allscoring points. Now ten years on, wehave another merry go round ofchanges to the farm support paymentsjust when we had all become used tothis system and most farmers wereeasily filling in their forms online.

Now due to new EU regulations thewhole thing has been thrown in thebin. Some of the changes arenecessary; especially the ones dealingwith checking farmers are active infarming and producing food, but theenvironmental and wildlife criteria haveall changed. The new system justseems a complication that doesn’t seemto benefit the wildlife more than the oldsystem. I guess we shall all havemastered the new online forms by thedeadline in May.

As for prices, I see that I finished myarticle for the 10th Birthday issue on anupbeat note, wondering whether

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farming would be back to boomingagain by the 20th Birthday issue.Sadly we have had no return to thegood times as yet, but fat cattle arenow making about £1000 a head,which seems quite a lot but it onlyworks out at £2 a kilo. Wheat hasbeen up to £120 a tonne but looks tobe falling again. Fertiliser to feed thegrass and crops is up at £260 a tonne,more than twice the price of wheat,and red diesel is 47pence a litre.

But all this talk of prices andfluctuating profit margins is not thewhole story of farming. Farmers dothe job because they love it. To themit is a way of life, and most of themeat, sleep and dream farming whenthey aren’t actually farming.

Things are changing, and ourexperience is similar to many farming

families these days in that our childrenenjoyed growing up on the farm, buthave no desire to farm themselves. Whenthey were young they enjoyed feeding thebaby animals, taking daddy his tea upthe field when he was combining thewheat and playing in the straw stackswith their friends. But once they wereteenagers, all they talked of was going touniversity. Now they have good jobs andtheir own homes and we are very proudof them. Not for them the midnightcalving, the broken down tractor whenthe hay needs baling and rain is forecastovernight, or a mass breakout of cattlejust as dinner is ready.

So will I be reporting on farming mattersin 10 years’ time? Maybe, but certainlynot on full time farming at Lady GateFarm, as by then I expect we shall bemaking up for lost time in the holidaystakes and seeing a bit of the world.

Liz, Will and Bessie at Ladygate Farm

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Health Page20 Top Tips That Could Help You Reach 100

The number of centenarians has been doubling every year since the Forties. In 1996 there were6,000 living in England and Wales, and that number is set to rise to 39,000 in the next ten years. In noparticular order of importance, here are 20 tips that may help you reach 100 years old.

1. WATER. Drink water throughout the day to quench thirst. Drink tea, coffee, wine, beer and softdrinks for enjoyment in moderation.

2. DON’T STORE FRUIT IN THE FRIDGE. Keeping fruit at room temperature boosts itshealth giving properties. Brightly coloured fruit such as tomatoes, watermelon, and red and pinkgrapefruits stored at room temperature contain double the beta carotene as chilled fruit, because thewarmth allows them to keep ripening.

3. EAT PURPLE AND RED FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND SALAD INGREDIENTS. A redpepper contains more Vitamin C than an orange, beetroot contains nitrates that help to relax bloodvessels and red grapes are rich in resveratrol which has anti-inflammatory, cancer preventing andcholesterol lowering properties. All red and purple fruits and vegetables have health givingproperties.

4. GET ENOUGH SLEEP. Having just one extra hour in bed asleep at night could lower yourblood pressure. A study showed that people who slept for seven hours or less a night found thatgoing to bed an hour earlier led to a significant drop in blood pressure, so lowering their risk of heartattack and stroke. The researchers concluded that too little sleep affects the body’s ability to dealwith stress.

5. FLOSS TEETH EVERYDAY. Flossing the teeth once a day can add 6.4 years to your life.This is because the bacteria that live on the plaque between the teeth trigger inflammation not just inthe gums but in the arteries which is a risk factor for heart disease. Removing the plaque afterbrushing significantly reduces this risk and may also reduce the risk of diabetes and dementia.

6. WALK BRISKLY FOR 20 MINUTES A DAY. A short brisk walk boosts the immune system,reduces the risk of breast cancer, strengthens the joints, exercises the lungs, reduces stress andimproves mood.

7. NURTURE YOUR MARRIAGE AND CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS. Studies have shownthat a long happy marriage leads to a greater life expectancy. Being able to express anger and sortout problems honestly and fairly strengthened marriage and other close relationships and was seen tobe very important to staying healthy. Bottling up anger and irritation increases the risk ofcardiovascular disease by as much as 65%.

8. EAT TWO PORTIONS OF OILY FISH A WEEK. Oily fish and flax seed oil are rich inomega 3 oils which reduce inflammation and helps keep the cardiovascular system healthy.

9. EAT LOTS OF GREEN LEAFY VEGETABLES. Green leafy vegetables are rich inisothiocyanate which stimulates the body to break down potentially cancer causing chemicals andeliminate them.

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10. SMILE. Smiling triggers the release of feel goodchemicals in the body, even if you are faking it. The wider andmore often the smile, the better you feel and the less prone youare to stress related disease.

11. HAVE A WRIGGLE. Research has shown that theslightest activity (such as fidgeting) is enough to trigger therelease of a brain chemical that reverses cell deteriorationassociated with ageing. Get up once an hour to stretch ormove around.

12. EAT A BRAZIL NUT DAILY OR TAKE A SELENIUM SUPPLIMENT. Selenium is animportant trace element with cancer protecting benefits. Just one Brazil nut a day is sufficient.

13. DRINK MILK. Milk contains vitamin D. Half a pint of milk can go a long way towardspreventing a deficiency. Low levels are linked to both osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

14. BE GENEROUS. A study by the University of Michigan found that people who gave practicaland emotional support to family, friends and their community tended to live longer than less helpfuland involved people.

15. USE HONEY OR MAPLE SYRUP AS A SWEETENER RATHER THAN REFINEDSUGAR. Both are natural products and honey contains some antioxidant properties.

16. ADD LOTS OF ONION TO YOUR CASSOROLE OR BOLOGNESE. Eating one wholeonion (about 80gms) a day can help prevent osteoporosis, by stopping calcium leaching from thebones. Onions are also thought to lower the risk of bowel, ovarian and throat cancer. They are richin quercetin, an antioxidant, that prevents harmful enzymes from triggering inflammation, andsulphur compounds that boost immune function.

17. GET GARDENING. An hour’s steady gardening is equivalent to a five mile walk andcombines cardiovascular exercise with flexibility and muscle strength.

18. KEEP MENTALLY ACTIVE. Do crosswords, puzzles, watch quiz shows, have a challenginghobby or play cards. This may prevent Alzheimer’s.

19. HAVE A BANANA. Eating potassium rich foods such as bananas and dried fruit balances saltintake in the diet and so reduces blood pressure.

20. HAVE A GOOD LAUGH. Laughing out loud is a form of internal jogging, exercising thebody and stimulating the release of beneficial brain neurotransmitters, antibodies and immune cells.

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Members of The Diseworth Dialogue committee 2005 collating the March magazine.Top row from left, Liz Jarrom, Christine Agar, Nikki Hening, Jan Firth,

Denise Blenkinsopp.Bottom row, Sue Brompton, Ruth Smith, Sandie Moores, Linda Gaymer

Members of The Dialogue committee 2015 collating the March magazine.Top row from left, Jane Cunningham, Sue Brompton, Janet Fletcher, Meryl Tait,

Nicky Miller, Christine Agar, Ruth Smith, Emma Haycraft.Bottom row, Sue Bird, Liz Jarrom, Nikki Hening,

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SUMMEROPENING

The Heritage Centre will be open during the summermonths on Sundays from2pm – 4pm from Sunday29th March 2015.

Other times byarrangement or whenopen for meetings.

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Share your stories, newsShare your stories, newsShare your stories, newsShare your stories, newsShare your stories, newsand announcementsand announcementsand announcementsand announcementsand announcements

with the villagewith the villagewith the villagewith the villagewith the villageIf you have items for the

May issue ofThe Dialogue please give to acommittee member or email to

[email protected] and/[email protected]

and/or [email protected] is NO CHARGE to put items

into the magazine (except theyellow pages). Please share yourstories, news and announcements

with the village.Our deadline for the May issue is

7th April 2015.The contact number for the

mobile library is 0116 3053565

Mobile Library Update:The mobile library will stop on the

following dates in 2015:10th April8th May5th June

The Bowley: From 11.55am to 12.15pm

Clements Gate:From 12.20pm to 1.20pm

Tea Coffee Cakes Raffle Face PaintingChildren’s Activities

Come along to Diseworth Village Hall for a cup of coffee or tea

and some cake.All are very welcome.

Wednesday 1st April10am - 12noon

Diseworth Village Hall

In aid of

Thank you to Tom Miller for his design for ourcelebratory cover on this month’s Dialogue.

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Here Come the Girls!Debs (Jepson) , John Stewart and daughterEllie have a new addition to their family, agorgeous baby girl called Arla Faye, born25th February.

And forRachel andStevenJepson; alsoa gorgeousbaby girl,AshleighMegan,born on3rd March.

Here Come The Girls.Our congratulations to you all, from

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WANTEDBunting and flags for a

VE Day themecoffee afternoon atDiseworth school.

Contact Anna Groves01332 810014

The Plough InnGENERAL KNOWLEDGE

1st WEDNESDAYof the month. %

1st April 2015, 6th May 2015Entry £1 each person, maximum

of four in a team.Entry to the quiz includes a

snack.

Diseworth Village Hall200 Club Winners

April 2015Prize No Name Amount1st 63 Jayne Lindley £402nd 187 Aaron Smith £303rd 75 Alison Evans £204th 68 G Coulson £10Bonus Draw

157 Barbara Smith £5

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A message from the Dialogue committee:

Please help us to keep the information within The Dialogue up to date. Ifyou spot that a phone number / website / someone’s contact details are outof date, please let us know so that we can update it. You can email Ruth

([email protected]) with any updates. Many thanks!

FAMILY FUN DAYin aid of the

JOSEPH COOPER TRUSTat

The Plough Inn Monday 6th April

Games, Quizzes, BBQ, Stalls, Bouncy Castle and Raffle

Castle DoningtonCastle DoningtonCastle DoningtonCastle DoningtonCastle DoningtonFarmers’ MarketFarmers’ MarketFarmers’ MarketFarmers’ MarketFarmers’ Market

St Edwards C of EPrimary School,

The Dovecote (free parking atCommunity College) Second

Saturday of each month.9am - 12.30pm

The following are now online atleicestershirevillages.com/Diseworth:

Census returns:- 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871,1881, 1891, 1901, 1911

St. Michael and All Angels Parish ChurchBaptisms 1813 to 1989

Marriages 1754 to 1998Burials 1813 to 2013

Women’s AfternoonDiscussion Group

Monday 13th April 2pm Procrastination31 Hall Gate at the invitation of Kerryn

Monday 11th May 2pm The World today.Ladygate Farm at the invitation of Liz

Have you a story to share with Dialogue readers?If so, please email to [email protected] and/or

[email protected]

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MATT HAMPSON Backs Appeal to Build VetCentre to Save More Animals

Sporting hero Matt Hampson isbacking the £1 million appeal byWoodside Animal Centre, the Leicester-shire branch of the RSPCA, to raisemoney for a desperately needed onsiteveterinary facility.

Matt, 30, the ex- Leicester Tigersand England under 21 rugby player, took atour of the animal rehoming centre onScudamore Road with his dog, Alfie, tosee for himself how the new veterinaryfacility will help thousands of dogs, catsand small animals every year. He is nowurging the public of Leicestershire to backthe Care4Paws appeal in order to ensurethe centre can continue to give the bestpossible care for abandoned and abusedanimals.

Matt is no stranger to fundraising.He launched the Matt Hampson Founda-tion after a tragic accident in 2005 lefthim paralysed from the neck down. Thefoundation seeks to support people whohave suffered life changing injuriesthrough sport. Matt cites his love foranimals and his links with Leicester as thereasons he is backing the campaign.Matt said: “I couldn’t imagine if I didn’thave Alfie and he was alone in pain withnowhere or no one to turn to. I am rightbehind this appeal to help Woodside buildthe veterinary facility they so desperatelyneed to cope with the current spirallingvet costs and sad increase in neglected andmistreated animals. This new veterinaryfacility will be a huge step forward foranimal welfare in Leicester and beyond.”

Medical treatment forms a largepart of any animal’s rehabilitation atWoodside and takes up more and more ofthe charity’s resources each year. Without

their own veterinary facility, the centrefaces the real prospect of not being able toprovide quality medical care all of itsanimals need.

Gary Wheway, Woodside’s BranchManager, said “the success of theCare4Paws Appeal will ensure our centrecontinues to provide the best animal carepossible, and many people have alreadybeen incredibly generous, but we desper-ately need everyone in the county to getbehind the appeal.

Not only will the vet suite allow thecentre to continue to provide top qualityanimal care it will also remove the need forsick and injured animals to undergo painfuland often distressing journeys to and fromlocal vet surgeries.

To help raise funds for the crisisappeal, Gary and a team of staff fromWoodside are trekking across the Arctic insub-zero temperatures covering 257 km injust six days. The team has been preparingphysically since last year and has recentlycommenced the final stages of training withheavy equipment and huskies ahead of theirdeparture in late March.

The appeal urgently needs moredonations to reach the £1million target.You can donate by visitinghttp://tinyurl.com/Care4Paws

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Volunteers Needed!The Twilight Walk 2015

Saturday 25th AprilKing Power Stadium

We are looking for men & ladies to help marshal at the Annual LOROS Twilight on Saturday25th April 2015. We are busy organising our Annual Twilight Walk on Sat 25th April from the KingPower Stadium, Leicester and we really need your help!

This special night in Leicester annually unites sisters, mothers, daughters, friends, partnersand colleagues from all over the East Midlands to have fun, remember loved ones and raise moneyfor their local Hospice.

Unfortunately, we only have half of the required number of volunteers needed for the nightand with safety being such an important part of the event, it would be great to get this all sorted andspaces filled nice and early.

If you are available from 5pm till 10pm on the night, we would love to hear from you. Please contact: [email protected] or call: 0116 2318484 for further information.

SOAR VALLEY TWINNINGASSOCIATION

NEWSWe are looking for hosts in the Diseworth area to host eithera single person or a couple or a family with children for ourFrench Family Visit on 7th May 2015 (evening) until 10thMay (morning). They will arrive at approximately 5.30pmon the Thursday and spend the evening with you. The

following day they will be taken out by the Association, which makes it easier for all thoseof you that work, those of you that don’t work are welcome to join us on our visit. Theevening will be free with your family as will the day on the Saturday which will give youchance to take them out to a local place of interest. On Saturday evening there will be a partyfor our guests and their host families. They will leave on Sunday morning just after break-fast. You do not need to be able to speak French it is much more enjoyable if you have to getby using signs or pictures although most of our French visitors speak or understand English.We guarantee you will enjoy the experience especially if you have children who are learningto speak French at school and you will also have the chance to visit France on the returnvisit in 2016.

If you are able to host or for more information please contact Stuart Perkins. 24 Lady Gate,Diseworth or email [email protected] or by phone 07719738546

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Valley Beat Team Monthly NewsletterThe Valley Beat Team is currently collating a diary of community events (village fetes,shows, fairs etc) for 2015 in order to plan attendance for Community Consultation andCrime Prevention Advice. I would be grateful if you can supply any dates you may havealready.

BeatsafeBeatsafe is a new website launched for Leicestershire Policethat is specifically for young people. The website went live onthe 10th February and contains a lot of useful information foryoung people including anti-social behaviour, internet safety andbullying. There is also a section for 5 – 10 year olds which givesthem information about stranger danger, as well as a number ofactivities; quizzes and colouring books. Visit the website formore info http://www.beatsafe.co.uk/

Online SecurityWhile the internethas opened upmany opportunitiesfor law-abidingcitizens it has alsopresented people with new ways of committing fraud, helping them to remain anonymousand commit crime across international borders.

Shopping and banking safely onlineA great deal of credit card fraud can be prevented if cardholders take simple precautions andremember some key points when shopping or banking on-line:

Use a computer that you know is secure i.e. has up to date anti virus software and afirewall installed. Be wary of using internet cafes or public computers for financial transac-tions.

Only shop at secure websites and with companies you know you can trust. Beforepurchasing anything make sure you understand the company’s refund policy and deliveryconditions and that you have their postal address.

PhishingPhishing is fraud committed over the internet. It includes sending e-mails which falsely claimto originate from banks, asking customers to re-register or ‘re-activate’ their accounts at areplica bank website, with the aim of using the information provided to transfer money out ofthese accounts.

To protect yourself against phishing never click on links in e-mails that appear to come fromyour bank or credit card company and which ask you to confirm your financial details. If yoususpect you have become a victim of credit card fraud you must report this to the issuer ofyour card immediately.

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Most banks now have 24 hour emergency helplines for their customers and will be able toprovide you with help and support on what to do next.

When transmitting your personal details look for an unbroken padlock symbol at thebottom corner of your screen and check the beginning of the retailer’s internet address haschanged from http to https. This indicates that you are entering a safe and secure page.

Keep PINs, passwords and personal information such as name, phone number oraddress safe and refrain from disclosing these in a chat room or e-mail. You should also becautious of any e-mails asking you to click on a link or confirm your details and rememberthat reputable retailers, banks and the police would never ask you to disclose this kind ofinformation over e-mail.

Keep back-up print outs of all online documentation, e-mails and acknowledgementmessages.

Regularly check your credit card and bank statements for discrepancies.

Keep documents and personal information in a secure place and dispose of itcarefully by shredding anything that contains confidential or financial information.

Any Questions?Should you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me or any other member ofthe beat team.Kind Regards, PCSO 6113 Luke BroughtonLeicestershire Police, Coalville Police Station, Ashby Road , Coalville, Leicester , LE67 3QGBeat NN43 - Valley Email: [email protected]: 101 Option 2 – 6113 Website: http://www.leics.police.uk

PC 1760 Jason [email protected] Telephone: 101 Option 2 – 1760

PC 914 Thomas [email protected] Telephone: 101 Option 2 – 914

PCSO 6867 Kevin [email protected] Telephone: 101 Option 2 – 6867

PCSO 6178 Nicola [email protected]: 101 Option 2 – 6178

PCSO 6550 Tim [email protected]: 101 Option 2 – 6550

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Parish Council Elections

Long Whatton and

Diseworth Parish Council

Polling Day: Thursday 7 May 2015

Could you make a difference to

your Parish Council?

Do you have any spare time to get involved with

your local Parish Council; sharing your knowledge,

experience and life skills to serve and enhance

your local community?

Have a say about the local issues people care about.

Decide how local money is spent in the Parish to improve

your community.

For more information please see parish website for details: http://longwhattonanddiseworth.leicestershireparishcouncils.org/

or contact the Clerk: Email: [email protected]

Important Dates Nominations and consent

4pm (no later) 9th

April at the Coalville Council

Offices.

Last day for withdrawal of candidature

Not later than 4pm of 9th

April.

For nomination packs contact: Electoral Services Officer, Legal and Support Services Direct line: 01530 454503or

Parish Clerk: Email:[email protected]

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LONG WHATTON & DISEWORTHPARISH COUNCILNEWSThursday 5th March 2015

Dog Fouling: Dog fouling remains a growing concern in the community. It is theresponsibility of all dog owners to pick up THEIR dog’s waste!Unfortunately a few dog owners are not accepting this responsibility, creating a bad namefor dog ownership in particular and irritation for the community in general.Please do not allow your dog to foul on a public right of way or on open access land. Dogfaeces can cause and spread many nasty infections and diseases; such as Toxocaris;which is highly infectious, especially to children.Not only is dog faeces harmful to humans, it can be fatal to livestock, please bear this inmind when walking your dog(s) through farmers’ fields. Everyone has the right to use thecountryside; children, cyclists, wheelchair and pushchair users so dog owners please takeyour responsibility seriously and clean up after your dog.The Parish Council has recently purchased another dog waste bin to be located around thecorner of The Green and The Bowley. Another will now be purchased and located alongAshby Road, Long Whatton.

North West Leicestershire District Street Action Team is encouraging everyonewitnessing a dog fouling offence to report it. If you don’t know the name of the person ortheir address, even a description of the dog can be most helpful in tracking down theculprits. There are only two officers in North West Leicestershire, they can’t be everywhereand even if they were at the right place it is likely errant dog owners would pick up, so we allneed to help – PLEASE CALL 01530 454545.

Allotments: The Parish Council reports that it is encouraged by the response fromallotment holders taking on vacant plots and is pleased to say that the allotments look likethey will be fully occupied again.Improvement Works: The Parish Council has been working closely with North WestLeicestershire District Council for a while to provide improvement works to areas in theParish. The two sites identified were the raised footpath in the centre of Long Whatton andThe Cross in Diseworth.The main area of concern at the raised footpath in Long Whatton, has always been theovergrown vegetation encroaching over the footpath, making it impassable and unattractivein the village centre. This will have all weeds cleared from the strip between fence and thefront raised stone wall then planted with ground cover shrubs along the length, with a thicklayer of decorative bark.The Cross will have all remaining stumps from old shrubs cleared and the area prepared forplanting. A weed suppressant membrane will be put down and the area will be planted witha mix of ornamental shrubs, along with a layer of decorative slate to finish.Please watch out for this in the near future as we hope to transform these eyesores intosomething altogether more pleasant!

Samantha Lockwood, Parish Clerk

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I’ve been living in Diseworth for 6 yearsnow. I’ve met lots of lovely peoplethrough walking my two little dogs

around our lovely village and sooner orlater the conversation always turns to

dog mess. Everyone I speak to isdisgusted with the mess we see around

the village. We’re all there, armed withour poop bags, ready to clean up after

our dogs and we find it so disappointingand hard to understand dog owners who

don’t. After all, it’s illegal anddangerous and picking it up is not such a

big deal!

Jackie, proud dog ownerHall Gate

Dog Fouling In Diseworth is getting noticeably worseagain. There seems to be a minority of dog owners inthe village who do not realise that allowing their dog tofoul in any public space (including grass verges, andparticularly the Village Hall Field) is obnoxious,illegal, and a health hazard to our village’s children.PLEASE bag it and bin it. Thank you - Mike Doyle

I am writing to express my dismay at thecontinued sight of ‘dog poo’ to be foundaround the village.The Parish Council have provided bagsand bins for dog walkers to use to puttheir dog’s waste in and another bin isgoing to be placed at the west end ofthe village, by The Bowley. I would saythe majority of dog owners areresponsible and do clear up, but weneed to educate and enforce the smallminority to understand that leaving dogpoo on pavements, verges and fields isTOTALLY unacceptable.Sue Roberts

I travel out late at night and backeven later when dog walkers areout. I see a lot of people withoutpoo bags ....... your dog is verywell behaved to not drop any messfor you ...... or is it that you are notpicking it up ..... I wonder.ThanksKim Alcock

It is so disappointing to see the amount of dogpoo littering Diseworth. Our pretty village is fullof dogs with owners who are more than happy

to scoop the poop, but a small minorityrepeatedly leave it for others to remove or tread

in, on pavements, in the verges and mostshockingly on the village hall PLAYING field.

Dog mess is smelly and messy if left, not tomention potentially dangerous.

Poo bags are cheap and it takes two seconds topick it up, so there really are no excuses to

leave it...

Hannah Robinson

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Health and Safety, Human Resource Consultancy and Training. Bespoke packages tosuit all business needs. Advice, Guidance, representation and investigation for HRand Health and Safety related claims. Policy and procedure writing. Audit andreport compliance. Absence Management, disciplinary Investigation / training.Supply chain Management Pre tender documentation.THE COMPLIANCE ONE STOP SHOP.

01332 81490607871 252275

[email protected] The Bowley Diseworth

Derby DE74 2QL

Service with a smileLeaving you with a smile

JOHN SMITH (MELBOURNE) LTDApproved Coal & Smokeless Fuel Merchants

We supply a range of fuels for all types of appliancesalso Logs, Kindling and Coal Bunkers

Prompt deliveries at competitive prices

Pre-packed sales from our yard atBog Lane

The CommonMelbourne

DerbysTelephone 01332 862744

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most thorough you could ever have – if you don’t agree I won’t accept your payment.

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1. Thorough Cleaning – My method doesn’t leave any residue or cause shrinkage. It cleans down tothe base of your carpet removing harmful bacteria leaving your carpet clean and healthy.2. Honest Pricing – I promise no high-pressure sales gimmicks. The prices I quote you are fullyinclusive of cleaning products and labour. A full complete clean AND no hidden extras.3. Allergy Control – I can help stop allergy’s in the home! I supply PROmite™, which is the newest,and most advanced dust mite eliminator & fabric protector available to protect your family’s health!4 . FREE Consumer Information – I’ve dedicated this business to helping you and other consumersto better understand carpet and upholstery cleaning – that’s why I publish my 20-page “ConsumersGuide To Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning” you’ll be glad you read it

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01332 865565

WOOL SHOPIn the heart of Castle Donington

Enjoy the colours and textures of a wide variety ofyarnsto suit all pockets in a warm and friendlyatmosphere,

including Adriafil, Bergere de France, Rowan,Debbie Bliss, Louisa Harding, Noro, Sirdar, Wendy,

Rico, James C Brett,and much more.

Also KnitPro knitting needles, sewing, embroideryand tapestry threads, and haberdashery.

Workshops and other news on the website.Open Tuesday - Friday 9.30 – 5.00

Saturday 9.30 - 3.30Helpful advice always available.

67 Borough Street, Castle Donington, DE74 2LBTel: 01332 811597

[email protected]

Free Estimates Fast Friendly Service 24 hour call out

BALLET CLASSES FOR YOUNGCHILDREN AND ADULTS

AT LOCKINGTON & DISEWORTHVILLAGE HALLS

Small classes to enable children todevelop confidence and enjoyment

through dance movements,and adult beginners or those with

some previous experience.Lockington Village Hall on Saturdays

From Primary to Grade 6Baby beginners (3yrs upwards)

10:00am-10:30amDiseworth Village Hall on WednesdaysAdult/Standard 5 7:00pm-8:00pm

Intermediate/advanced by arrangement

Please contact Claudette Caven, AISTDAdv. Cecchetti Ballet,

Modern & Character. Dip LCDD.Tel: 01509 672702

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Offering a full range ofbeauty treatments including

Dermalogica Facials, Massage,Bio Sculpture Gel Manicures

and Pedicures,waxing and holistic treatments.

For an appointment or to discuss atreatment please call 07743 791540

Total Beauty,9 Grimesgate, Diseworth

M & M PropertiesPlumbing & Heating

We can offer you:

Qualified plumbersfor any jobs

We are now in a position to offer qualifiedplumber & heating engineers no job too

small, if you have a leaky tap or you want abathroom installing then please give us a

call for a no obligation quote.With winter well established if you need aboiler repair, service or even a new centralheating system then we are the people to

call, local gas safe engineer on hand.

• General plumbing• Bathroom installations• Central heating• Boiler repairs/replacements• Property maintenance• Tiling• Fully insured

For any further information or adviceplease contact

Mike or Mitzi on01332 818784 / 07703 464564.

Paul GrettonInterior and Exterior DecoratorInterior and Exterior DecoratorInterior and Exterior DecoratorInterior and Exterior DecoratorInterior and Exterior Decorator

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Time Served Decorator with20 years experience

For a Free EstimatePhone 01332 810974Mobile 07879 818599

27 The Green, Diseworth

We can solve the “what can we eat tonight question?”

Manor Organic Farm, Shop,Butchery, Bakery and Tea Room.

Open Wednesday to SaturdayMain Street, Long Whatton

LE12 5DF

Longhorn grass fed beef andlamb from our farm. Pork andpoultry from localfarms. Widerange of homemadeaward winningsausages. Freshlybaked breads and cakesmade in our bakery.

Tel. 01509 [email protected]/manororganictwitter @manororganic

Our Tea Room is openfrom

Wednesday to Saturday9am until 4pm.

Besides delicious drinkswe also have a muchpraised lunch menu

showcasing local andfarm produce.

AT YOUR SERVICE

IRONING.Pick up and Delivery to Diseworth

and the surrounding area.Telephone Julie at Scorchers-

01332 853457 or 07973 354695.

DRY CLEANING SERVICEDoor to door service now offered by

‘Scorchers’your local ironing service.

Phone Julie 01332 853457or mobile 07973 354695

Bob Bradley CHIMNEY SWEEPProfessional brush and vacuum

efficient and reliable service(01332) 850426

42A High Street, Castle Donington

BABYSITTING, IRONING, SEWING, MENDINGIsobel’s Grandma offers her services for

babysitting, ironing, sewing and mending atreasonable rates. Call Carol on 01332 864910

(Melbourne)

VILLAGE FARMHall Gate

POTATOES Large & small bags.EGGS

Phone 01332 810858

Reliable 14 year old, with First Aidcertificate, available for babysitting

most evenings incl. weekends.Please call Isobel Smithies on01332 853401 or 07930 665541

Directory of Useful NumbersDirectory of Useful NumbersDirectory of Useful NumbersDirectory of Useful NumbersDirectory of Useful NumbersBBC East Midlands 0115 9021930 [email protected]

www.bbc.co.uk/england/eastmidlandstoday/BBC Radio Derby 01332 361111British Gas - Engineer 0800 111011 www.britishgas.co.uk

Emergency 0800 111999Castle Donington Community College 01332 810528 www.castledonington.leics.sch.uk [email protected] Donington Volunteer Bureau 01332 850526 [email protected], Manor Pharmacy, Castle Donington 01332 810213Derby Playhouse 01332 363275 www.derbyplayhouse.co.uk Diseworth C of E Primary School 01332 810208 www.diseworthprimary.co.ukDoctor’s Surgery –

Health Centre, Castle Donington 01332 856050 or 0844 477 3092Orchard Surgery, Kegworth 01509 674919Manor House Surgery, Belton 01530 222368

East Midlands Airport 0871 919 9000 www.eastmidlandsairport.comEast Midlands Electricity emergencies 0800 056 8090 Environment Agency 08708 506 506 www.environment-agency.gov.uk

Incident hotline 0800 807 060Kinchbus 01509 815637 www.kinchbus.co.ukLeicestershire County Council 0116 3050001

Flooding concerns - email [email protected] London Road Community Hospital, Derby 01332 265500 www.derbyhospitals.nhs.ukLoughborough Hospital 01509 611600 Mobile Library 0116 3053565NHS Urgent Care Centre, Hospital Way, 01509 568800

Loughborough, LE11 5JYNHS 111 111NHS Direct www.nhsdirect.nhs.ukNorth West Leicester District Council 01530 454545 www.nwleics.gov.ukNottingham Playhouse 0115 941 9419 www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.ukNottingham Royal Centre and Concert Hall 0115 989 5555

www.royalcentre-nottingham.co.ukPolice - non emergency calls 101Post Office - Long Whatton 01509 842264Post Office - Castle Donington 01332 810515Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham 0115 924 9924 www.nuh.nhs.ukCapital FM East Midlands Nottingham/Leics/Derby

Station 0115 8731500 www.capitalfm.com.eastmidsNews Room 0115 8731520

Odeon Cinema Loughborough 01509 235235Royal Derby Hospital 01332 340131 www.derbyhospitals.nhs.uk accident and emergency 01332 783111Royal Derby Children’s Hospital 01332 786899 accident and emergency 01332 783277Severn Trent Customer Service 08007 834444Skylink 0115 9506070 www.skylink.co.ukTraveline - for public transport information 0871 200 22 33 www.traveline.org.uk

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The Neighbourhood Watch beat officer for Diseworth is Jason Underwood No. 1760. He can be contacted on 0116 248 5675 and then entering his number 1760.

VVVVVillage Directoryillage Directoryillage Directoryillage Directoryillage DirectoryOrganisationOrganisationOrganisationOrganisationOrganisation ContactContactContactContactContact TTTTTelephoneelephoneelephoneelephoneelephone EmailEmailEmailEmailEmailArt and Craft Club Shirley Briggs 01332 812350 [email protected], Cubs and Scouts Jenny Laws 01509 842606 [email protected] Sandie Clark 01332 814939 [email protected] Mike Doyle 077206 00123 [email protected] of Diseworth School Anna Groves 01332 810014 [email protected] Sandie Clark 01332 814939 [email protected] Centre Martin Hening 01332 853647 [email protected] Society Pat Guy 01332 811119 [email protected] Meadow Pat Guy 01332 811119 [email protected] Watch Noel McGough 01332 811362 [email protected] Stuart Perkins 07719738546 [email protected]. Jim Snee 01332 812345 [email protected]’s Discussion Group Liz Jarrom 01332 810358 [email protected]

Neighbourhood WNeighbourhood WNeighbourhood WNeighbourhood WNeighbourhood Watch Contactsatch Contactsatch Contactsatch Contactsatch ContactsCo-ordinators:Noel McGough, 28 Lady Gate, Diseworth 01332 811362 [email protected] Smith, 18 Hall Gate, Diseworth 01332 812600 [email protected] Moores, contact person for Lady Gate 01332 812629 [email protected]

Diseworth VDiseworth VDiseworth VDiseworth VDiseworth Village Hallillage Hallillage Hallillage Hallillage Hall www.diseworthhall.comHall Bookings 0300 800 5000 [email protected] Bookings 0300 800 6000 [email protected] issues 0300 800 7000 [email protected]

Diseworth Heritage CentreDiseworth Heritage CentreDiseworth Heritage CentreDiseworth Heritage CentreDiseworth Heritage Centre www. diseworthcentre.orgCentre Bookingsand Enquiries 01332 850631 [email protected]

Parish CouncilParish CouncilParish CouncilParish CouncilParish CouncilThe role of your Parish Council includes safeguarding the amenities of the village, includinghighways, lighting, drainage, road signs and planning matters. Current planning matters areavailable for inspection by arrangement with the Parish Clerk: Parish Clerk: Parish Clerk: Parish Clerk: Parish Clerk: Samantha Lockwood, 18Samantha Lockwood, 18Samantha Lockwood, 18Samantha Lockwood, 18Samantha Lockwood, 18Hastings Street, Castle Donington DE74 2LPHastings Street, Castle Donington DE74 2LPHastings Street, Castle Donington DE74 2LPHastings Street, Castle Donington DE74 2LPHastings Street, Castle Donington DE74 2LP.....TTTTTelephone: 07934 874739 email: elephone: 07934 874739 email: elephone: 07934 874739 email: elephone: 07934 874739 email: elephone: 07934 874739 email: [email protected]@[email protected]@[email protected]: ebsite: ebsite: ebsite: ebsite: http://longwhattonanddiseworth.leicestershireparishcouncils.org/http://longwhattonanddiseworth.leicestershireparishcouncils.org/http://longwhattonanddiseworth.leicestershireparishcouncils.org/http://longwhattonanddiseworth.leicestershireparishcouncils.org/http://longwhattonanddiseworth.leicestershireparishcouncils.org/If you wish to discuss any matters of concern, please contact your Parish Councillors:

Andrew Cawdell, 58 The Green, Long Whatton LE12 5DB 01509 843273Sue Roberts, Chapel Farm, Hall Gate, Diseworth DE74 2QJ 01332 810813David Bamford, 43 The Woodcroft, Diseworth DE74 2QT 07802 817691Derek Wiggins, 6 Clements Gate, Diseworth DE74 2QE 01332 810209Thomas Wilkins, 1 Hathern Road, Long Whatton LE12 5DD 07521 461326Roger Cooke 22, Oakley Drive, Long Whatton LE12 5DQ 07774 965033Mary Hobbs 24 Main Street, Long Whatton LE12 5DG 01509 842486

Parish Council meetings are held at 7.30pm on the first Thursday of each month, alternatelyat Diseworth and Long Whatton. Please see the Notice Boards or ask the Parish Clerk forcurrent information or to make general enquiries about the Parish Council.

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